..I feel nowThe future in the instant. —William Shakespeare, Macbeth This was no “ordinary” lynching, if ever such a word could be used to describe such an event. Edward Coy, an African American man 32 years of age, had been accused of rape. That was an ordinary accusation, certainly, but there was plenty of evidence that he was in a consensual relationship with a white woman, Julia Jewell, and when her husband, reportedly “a drunkard and a gambler,” learned of the affair, Julia “was compelled by threats, if not by violence, to make the charge against the victim.”#placement_713713_0_i{width:100%;max-width:550px;margin:0 auto;} As...
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