Giant spectral, ?Judge Lynch, ? holds a book labeled

Giant spectral, ?Judge Lynch, ? holds a book labeled ?Lynch Law, ? while leading a procession. Behind the variously armed people, in the distance is a small column of smoke, the scene of a lynching. In the early 20th century, Progressives advocated the removal of unfit judges, and more broadly, they sought to abolish lynching by Federal Law. Southern strength in the US Senate made this impossible. 1912 political cartoon (BSLOC_2017_20_89)

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