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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.

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The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
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Country Grown Increase Intelligent Mob Spirit
The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense.
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Assault Been Country Defense Gum Only Self Time Used
The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the crowd.
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Body Century Crowd Cut Distribute Ear Finger Flesh Lynching Mom Nineteen Portion Souvenirs Strip Toe
There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.
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Arm Lynching Nothing Now Numbered Out Without
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.
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Brutal Country Creaturem Hour Crime Fury Insane Lynching Mob National Our Outburst Sudden Uncontrol Unspeakable
I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap.
IDA B. WELLS

Better Die Dog Fell Fight Had Injustice One Rat Tarp
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

Accuse Become Capital Country Crime Deserve Matter Osment Party Punishment Small Table Turn Women
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

Already Attack Bit Clearly Determine Little Lynch Possible Score Sell Take
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.
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Against Avail Character City Country Dare Demonstrate Himself Man Neither People Person Protect Rival Stand
The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.
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Light Right Them Truth Turn Upon Way Wrong
One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap.
IDA B. WELLS

Better Die Dog Had Injustice Like One Rat Trap
The miscegenation laws of the South only operate against the legitimate union of the races; they leave the white man free to seduce all the colored girls he can, but it is death to the colored man who yields to the force and advances of a similar attraction in white women.
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Against Attract Free Law Leave Legitimate Man Miscegenation Only Operate Race Seduce South Union White Women
Those who commit the murders write the reports.
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Commit Murder Report Write
Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter.
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Although Barbarity Daughter During Effort For Increase Last Lynching Number Philanthropic Single Steadily Twenty Year
Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen upon me to do so.
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Against Country Fallen Upon Know More Race Seem Sinned Sinning Somebody
I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon.
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Afternoon Back Big Came Every Friday Home Mile Mothing Mule
The appeal to the white man’s pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience.
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All Appeal Been Conscience Effectual Ever Made Man Pocket White
I honestly believe I am the only woman in the United States who ever traveled throughout the country with a nursing baby to make political speeches.
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Baby Believe Country Ever Honestly Make Nurse Only Political Throughout Travel Women
Virtue knows no color line.
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Color Know Line No One Liner Virtue
In fact, for all kinds of offenses – and, for no offenses – from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same.
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All Death Fact Judge Jury Kind Men Misdemeanors Murder Offense Put Without Women
The emergency no longer existing, lynching gradually disappeared from the West.
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Country Dsaapered Emergency Exist Longer Lynch West
There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it.
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Always Find Injustice Know Remedy Wrong
The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.
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Box Civil Rights Country Freedom Give Law Resented South Vballot
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 Contribute Country Demand Every Law People Prove Punishment Race Same Time Towards Way Work
I am only a mouthpiece through which to tell the story of lynching and I have told it so often that I know it by heart. I do not have to embellish; it makes its own way.
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Emblis Heart Know Lynching Make Mouthpiece Often Only Own Story Told Way
The appetite grows for what it feeds on.
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Appetite Feed Grow One
Thus lynch law held sway in the far West until civilization spread into the Territories and the orderly processes of law took its place.
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Held Law Lynch Orderly Place Process Spread Sway Territories Took Until West

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