A Deed So Accursed: Lynching in Mississippi and South Carolina, 1881–1940

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225 Index Adams, John, lynching of, 126 Adams, Sam, lynching of, 157, 158, 159 African American mobs: motivation of, 151; pattern of, 149, 150, 151; political power and, 65; prosecution of, 153, 154, 161; whitecappers, 152, 159, 160, 161; white reaction to, 152, 154, 155 African Americans: economic striving and lynching, 16, 17; landownership and lynching, 67; migration and decline of lynching, 22; response to lynching, 7, 12, 46, 48, 50, 51, 67, 68, 69, 72, 108, 109, 116, 172, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 212n111, 223n93; social status and lynching, 10, 14, 110, 111, 112 African American women, lynching of, 132, 133–34, 135, 136, 137 alleged causes of lynching: in Mississippi , 33, 34, 76; pattern of, 21, 24, 51, 74, 112, 163, 164, 165, 166, 202n5, 210n61; rape, 36, 59, 111, 174, 175, 176, 191n3, 200n26, 224n9; in South Carolina, 75 Allendale County (SC), civil judgment against for lynching, 52 Askew, Henry, lynching of, 156, 157 Baker, Frazier and Julia: lynching of, 81, 82; McKinley administration response to lynching of, 88, 89; press reaction to mistrial of alleged lynchers , 91, 92–95, 96; reaction of African American newspapers to lynching , 85, 86–88; reaction of white newspapers to lynching, 83–84, 85; trial of alleged lynchers, 89–91 Ballentine, R. I.: appointed counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission, 179; as mayor of Walhalla, SC, 177; role in lynching of Allen Green, 178, 179 Barnwell, John, lynching of, 72, 73 Barrett, Abe, lynching of, 120, 121 Beard, W. P. (editor of Abbeville (S.C.) Scimitar), on cause of lynching, 103, 183 Bilbo, Theodore (governor of Mississippi ): apology for lynching, 14; refusal to investigate lynching, 116, 131 Black Prairie (MS) region: lynching in, 133, 134, 152, 165; pattern of lynching in, 27 Blease, Coleman: defends lynching before National Governors Association , 35, 36; 1930 U.S. Senate campaign and support for lynching , 179, 180 Bluff Hills (MS) region: lynching in, 151, 152; pattern of lynching in, 27 226 Index boll weevil, effect on lynching, 22 Bookard, Kit, lynching of, 47–49 Brewer, Earl (governor of Mississippi ), actions to prevent lynching, 124 Brewer, Minnie, criticism of lynching , 21 Brown, Edgar: apology for lynching, 171, 172; witness of Lowman lynching , 170 Byrnes, James (U.S. senator from South Carolina), filibuster of federal anti-lynching bill, 186 Campbell, Henry, lynching of, 123, 124 Carey, Joseph (governor of Wyoming ), debate with Blease on divorce law, 35, 36 Charleston News and Courier: on black mobs, 154, 155; on cause of lynching, 47; condemnation of lynching, 54; on disfranchisement and lynching, 99, 100 Chestnutt, Charles Waddell, on lynching as racial terrorism, 132 Clark, Major and Andrew, lynching of, 114, 115, 116 Coleman, Lindsey: lynching of, 19, 20; white reaction to, 20, 21 Collins, Jennie, lynching of, 133 Columbia State: on negative impact of lynching, 109; Tom Preston lynching and, 45 Cook, F. M. B. (former Republican candidate for Congress), lynching of, 24 Cooper, Richard (governor of South Carolina), pardon of Allen Green, 177 cotton: cultivation of and lynching, 195n20, 196n25, 199–200n24; economic opportunity for blacks and price of, 16 Cowan, Eliza, lynching of, 133 Crawford, Anthony: lynching of, 103, 104–8, 109, 110; response of whites to lynching of, 108 Culbreath, Oliver Towles: acquittal of alleged lynchers, 140; lynching of, 137, 138–39, 140; reaction of white community to lynching, 139, 140; response of blacks, 140 Davis, Bob, lynching of, 146, 147–48, 149 De Loache, Frank and John, lynching of, 113, 114 Deas, Edmund: anti-lynching activities as chairman of South Carolina Republican Party, 45–46; and appointment of Frazier Baker as postmaster of Lake City, 81 Dennis, John, lynching of, 175 disfranchisement: alleged cause of lynching and, 74; effect in Mississippi and South Carolina compared , 58, 59, 64, 65, 73; effect on lynching in Mississippi, 77, 78; effect on lynching in South Carolina, 36, 67, 68, 81; lynching and, 9, 60, 99, 100, 101, 153, 196n25, 207n12 Doss, Jacob, lynching of, 152 Douglass, Frederick: on cause of lynching, 1, 2; disfranchisement and lynching, 59 Dunlap, Ed, lynching of, 123 Eastern Piedmont (SC) region: cause of lynching in, 43; lynching in, Index 227 142, 143, 184; mass lynching at Yorkville, 42; peak lynching decade in, 41, 42 Eastland, James (U.S. senator), as opponent of civil rights legislation, 189 Eastland, Woods Capteron, murder indictment for lynching, 19 Ellerbe, William (governor of South Carolina), condemns Frazier Baker lynching, 82 Evans, Charlie, lynching of...