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Lynching Statistics
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State and Race, 1882-1968*
Lynching
Statistics by State
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State and Race, 1882-1968*
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State
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White
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Black
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Total
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Alabama
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48
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299
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347
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Arizona
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31
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0
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31
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Arkansas
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58
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226
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284
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California
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41
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2
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43
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Colorado
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65
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3
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68
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Delaware
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0
|
1
|
1
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Florida
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25
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257
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282
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Georgia
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39
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492
|
531
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Idaho
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20
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0
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20
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Illinois
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15
|
19
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34
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Indiana
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33
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14
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47
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Iowa
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17
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2
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19
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Kansas
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35
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19
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54
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Kentucky
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63
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142
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205
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Louisiana
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56
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335
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391
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Maine
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1
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0
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1
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Maryland
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2
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27
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29
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Michigan
|
7
|
1
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8
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Minnesota
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5
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4
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9
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Mississippi
|
42
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539
|
581
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Missouri
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53
|
69
|
122
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Montana
|
82
|
2
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84
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Nebraska
|
52
|
5
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57
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Nevada
|
6
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0
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6
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New
Jersey
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1
|
1
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2
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New
Mexico
|
33
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3
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36
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New
York
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1
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1
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2
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North
Carolina
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15
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86
|
101
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North
Dakota
|
13
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3
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16
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Ohio
|
10
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16
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26
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Oklahoma
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82
|
40
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122
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Oregon
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20
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1
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21
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Pennsylvania
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2
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6
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8
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South
Carolina
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4
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156
|
160
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South
Dakota
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27
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0
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27
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Tennessee
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47
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204
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251
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Texas
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141
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352
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493
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Utah
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6
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2
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8
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Vermont
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1
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0
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1
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Virginia
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17
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83
|
100
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Washington
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25
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1
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26
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West
Virginia
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20
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28
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48
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Wisconsin
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6
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0
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6
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Wyoming
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30
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5
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35
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Total
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1,297
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3,446
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4,743
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*Statistics provided the author by
the Archives at Tuskegee Institute, Febuary 1979.
The data do not specify victims by ethnicity or by race
other than black or white.
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