HIST 2620 1nd Edition Lecture 5 Outline of Last Lecture I Continuing achievements II Consequences and benefits of the Reconstruction III Overall evaluation IV Topic 2 populism a Parallels Outline of Current Lecture II Consequences Aftermath III Populist Crusade IV Lynching V Ida B Wells Current Lecture Consequences Yellow Epidemic Fever a serious disease the south caught the south made alliance with the north north people were buying a lot of resources from the south in 1880 the north owned half of the land in the south J P Morgan bought coal and steel resources dominated the corporate finance and industrial consolidation at this time since north was buying land owning a lot of their resources it left the southerners economically depressed Populist Crusade Tenant farmers southern farmers since they were not allowed to get loans they could not own the land they farmed on they would get financial help from landowners for equipment Crop lien and sharecropping they would get money from owners if they would give some of their crops to the landowner merchants and landowners were the first ones paid from the profits of the crops whatever was left went to the farmers These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Debt peonage whatever income a person earned would go toward the debt they owe many people would be so deep into their debt they would never be able to pay it off to prevent people from leaving the county a law was passed stating that they are not to leave until the debt is paid Lynching act of violence such as burning shooting and hanging were used to intimidate the blacks served to let the blacks know white people were still superior was a commonplace throughout the nation they were large numbers because many people suffered from crop lien issues therefore it left them to complain Examples Sam Hose Sam got into a disagreement with his employer Alfred During the fight Alfred threatened to shoot Sam Sam had an axe in his hands because he was working at the time so he used it to defend himself and threw the axe at him After the death of Alfred the search for Sam began after the incident He was captured in Marshallville and brought back to the county A mob removed him from the train to be lynched but authorities said no The mob ignored their pleas He was burned and several body parts were cut off Jesse Washington was accused of raping and murdering Lucy Fryer the wife of his white employer He was sent to trial for a hearing after he jury found him guilty he was lynch in from of Waco city hall Ed Johnson sentenced to death for the rape of Nevada Taylor Justice John Marshall Harlan of the United States Supreme Court had issued a stay of execution To prevent avoidance of execution a mob broke into the jail where Johnson was held and lynched him Ida B Wells She documented lynching in the United States showing how it was a way to control or punish blacks who competed with whites she was active in women s rights and the women s suffrage she created the law of lynching in 1893 she tried to prove the victims were innocent
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