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“So great is southern hate and prejudice”

Men in the South committing crimes like robbery while wearing blackface. Black men then accused and killed for the crimes

“The white man’s god is his dollar.”

absolutely haunting atp ngl

The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience.

fear to open their mouths before this great outrage. They do not see that by their tacit encouragement, their silent acquiescence, the black shadow of lawlessness in the form of lynch law is spreading its wings over the whole country.

This sounds like it could've been written yesterday...

Men who stand high in the esteem of the public for Christian character, for moral and physical courage, for devotion to the principles of equal and exact justice to all, and for great sagacity, stand as cowards who fear to open their mouths before this great outrage. They do not see that by their tacit encouragement, their silent acquiescence, the black shadow of lawlessness in the form of lynch law is spreading its

This is so sickening but I feel the educational need to read it