Lynching has often been called "America's national crime" that has
defined the tradition of extralegal violence in America. Having
claimed many thousand victims, "Judge Lynch" holds a firm place in
the dark recesses of our national memory. In Popular Justice,
Manfred Berg explores the history of lynching from the colonial era
to the present. American lynch law, he argues, has rested on three
pillars: the frontier experience, racism, and the
anti-authoritarian spirit of grassroots democracy. Berg looks
beyond the familiar story of mob violence against African American
victims, who comprised the majority of lynch targets, to include
violence targeting other victim groups, such as Mexicans and the
Chinese, as well as many of those cases in which race did not play
a role. As he nears the modern era, he focuses on the societal
changes that ended lynching as a public spectacle. Berg's narrative
concludes with an examination of lynching's legacy in American
culture. From the colonial era and the American Revolution up to
the twenty-first century, lynching has been a part of our nation's
history. Manfred Berg provides us with the first comprehensive
overview of "popular justice."
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