"The white man's dollar is his god, and to stop this will be to stop outrages in many localities."

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"The white man's dollar is his god, and to stop this will be to stop outrages in many localities."

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"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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"The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled."

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"The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race has ever suffered through his crimes."

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"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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