Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in The West 1839–1860.
Groups of ordinary citizens who took the law into their own hands, often using violence and hangings to punish suspected criminals.
Vigilance Committees appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for The Making of America (1789–1900), especially The West 1839–1860 and Gold Rush.
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