I had already determined to sell my life as dearly as possible if attacked. I felt if I could take one lyncher with me, this would even up the score a little bit.

IDA B. WELLS

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I had already determined to sell my life as dearly as possible if attacked. I felt if I could take one lyncher with me, this would even up the score a little bit.

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The Afro-American is not a bestial race. If this work can contribute in any way towards proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American people to a demand for justice to every citizen, and punishment by law for the lawless,

IDA B. WELLS

The Afro-American is not a bestial race. If this work can contribute in any way towards proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American people to a demand for justice to every citizen, and punishment by law for the lawless,
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Arouse Bestial Every Race Towards Way
Lynching is color line murder.

IDA B. WELLS

Lynching is color line murder.
IDA B. WELLS

Color Line Lynching Murde
There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.

IDA B. WELLS

There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.
IDA B. WELLS

Arm Lynching Nothing Now Numbered Out Without
The lesson this teaches and which every Afro-American should ponder well, is that a Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home, and it should be used for that protection which the law refuses to give.

IDA B. WELLS

The lesson this teaches and which every Afro-American should ponder well, is that a Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home, and it should be used for that protection which the law refuses to give.
IDA B. WELLS

Every Honor Lessons Pinder Protection Well
The Afro-American is not a bestial race.
IDA B. WELLS

Bestial Race
The doors of churches, hotels, concert halls and reading rooms are alike closed against the Negro as a man, but every place is open to him as a servant.
IDA B. WELLS

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The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.

IDA B. WELLS

The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
IDA B. WELLS

Grown Increase Intelligent Mob
What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.

IDA B. WELLS

What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
IDA B. WELLS

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I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap.

IDA B. WELLS

I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap.
IDA B. WELLS

Fell Had One Rat Tarp
No nation, savage or civilized, save only the United States of America, has confessed its inability to protect its women save by hanging, shooting, and burning alleged offenders

IDA B. WELLS

No nation, savage or civilized, save only the United States of America, has confessed its inability to protect its women save by hanging, shooting, and burning alleged offenders
IDA B. WELLS

Civilized Confess Inability No Only Protect Savage
In slave times the Negro was kept subservient and submissive by the frequency and severity of the scourging, but, with freedom, a new system of intimidation came into vogue; the Negro was not only whipped and scourged; he was killed.

IDA B. WELLS

In slave times the Negro was kept subservient and submissive by the frequency and severity of the scourging, but, with freedom, a new system of intimidation came into vogue; the Negro was not only whipped and scourged; he was killed.
IDA B. WELLS

Frequency Kept Scourging Severity Submissive
The appetite grows for what it feeds on.

IDA B. WELLS

The appetite grows for what it feeds on.
IDA B. WELLS

Appetite Feed One
White men lynch the offending Afro-American, not because he is a despoiler of virtue, but because he succumbs to the smiles of white women.

IDA B. WELLS

White men lynch the offending Afro-American, not because he is a despoiler of virtue, but because he succumbs to the smiles of white women.
IDA B. WELLS

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Our country’s national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury, or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob.

IDA B. WELLS

Our country’s national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury, or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob.
IDA B. WELLS

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The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased.

IDA B. WELLS

The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased.
IDA B. WELLS

Alleged Menace Suffrage Suppression Universal
The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the white man or become his rival.

IDA B. WELLS

The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the white man or become his rival.
IDA B. WELLS

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