Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in Civil War and Reconstruction 1861–1877.
An execution carried out by a mob without a legal trial, frequently used as a weapon of terror against African Americans.
Lynching appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for The Making of America (1789–1900), especially Civil War and Reconstruction 1861–1877 and Reconstruction.
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