The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race has ever suffered through his crimes.

The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense.

Lynching is color line murder.

I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap. I had already determined to sell my life as dearly as possible if attacked. I felt if I could take one lyncher with me, this would even up the score a little bit.

Thus lynch law held sway in the far West until civilization spread into the Territories and the orderly processes of law took its place. The emergency no longer existing, lynching gradually disappeared from the West.

One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap.

The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the crowd.