In Statesboro, Georgia, in August, 1904, two black men accused of killing a white family of five were
a. pulled from jail, tarred and feathered, and banished from the town before the courts could hear the case.
b. beaten to death in their cells by police before their case could go to trial.
c. dragged from their cells and burnt alive by a mob after having been sentenced to death.
d. hanged by an irate mob after a judge released them on a technicality.
c. dragged from their cells and burnt alive by a mob after having been sentenced to death.
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A) Jefferson. B) Polk. C) Jackson. D) Washington.
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