Question

Racial violence in the South in the late 1800s often included lynching, which is another term for
killing, usually by hanging, without a trial.
unlawfully taking someone's possessions.
forcing someone to work at gunpoint.
setting a sharecropper's house and fields on fire.

Answer 1

Racial violence in the South in the late 1800s often included lynching, which is another term for **killing, usually by hanging, without a trial.** This was a method used to exert racial control and instill fear within Black communities.