A farkon rikodin lynching, a St. Louis a 1835, an kama wani baƙar fata mai suna McIntosh wanda ya kashe wani mataimakin sheriff yayin da aka kai shi kurkuku, an ɗaure shi a itace, kuma an ƙone shi har ya mutu a wani kusurwa a cikin gari a gaban taron mutane sama da 1,000. A cikin Kudu a cikin zamanin antebellum, membobin ƙungiyar kawar da 'yanci ko wasu mutanen da suka yi adawa da bautar baƙi wani lokacin sun kasance waɗanda aka azabtar da tashin hankali. Mafi yawan lynching a lokacin yakin basasa da watakila mafi girma a cikin dukkan Amurka ta Kudu, ƙungiyoyi masu zaman kansu, ƙungiyoyi, ko masu ba da kariya sun faru ba tare da bin tsarin doka ba a matsayin wani nau'i na azabtarwa don zargin aikata laifuka na aikata laifi. An kiyasta cewa mafi yawan masu ba da kariya sun kasance masu ba da kariya daga aikata laifuka na aikata laifi a lokacin yakin basasa na KKK a ƙarshen ƙarni na 19, bayan da aka kai su hari a matsayin 'yan adawa da ba su da kariya daga' yan adawa, da kuma ma' yan adawa da suka yi
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