Mass Legal Executions of Blacks in the United States, 17th-20th Centuries  

Oleh:

Blackman, Paul H. ; McLaughlin, Vance

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Homicide Studies vol. 7 no. 3 (Aug. 2003), page 235-262.
Topik: capital punishment; mass execution; slavery; race
Fulltext: 235HS73.pdf (127.27KB)

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Throughout history, governments have sometimes executedpersons in groups for the same offense. The United States has done less of it than most, with or without due process. But although never numerous, a look at an unstudied aspect of both multiple homicide andcapital punishment showedthe occurrence of posttrial mass executions—four or more persons for the same incident—interesting for what they tell about the social climate of the eras in which they occurred, particularly regarding the place of Blacks in society. Before the endof slavery, more than half of the mass legal executions were of Blacks, generally for slave revolts. After that, Blacks were still disproportionately involved relative to population, accounting for one thirdof those executed. Counting mass lynchings wouldpr obably raise the percentage towardthat in the pre-1866 era andto the percentage of Blacks legally executed overall.

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