'Without Sanctuary'
This video was very disturbing and shocking, I have always known that lynching took place. Lynching goes all the way back to the time before slavery as a way of punishment, not only for Africans but for anyone, but after watching this video, and looking through all the pictures, lynching was something more during this time period. It was like a form of entertainment which is horrible. I cannot believe how small children stood around and watched the lynching, i guess White adults had the idea stuck so far back in their head that it was normal so they didn't think twice of children being exposed to something so wrong, because at the time, they didn't see it as wrong.
Another thing I found shocking is how the pictures were all over as postcards. How can one send a letter to someone else with a dead man as the picture?? That doesn't make sense to me. You would think that at least one person in the crowds of hundreds that gathered to watch the lynching would have had a conscious. I am just glad that no longer exists and we can be somewhat more 'civilized' with our actions.
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