Racial violence in the South in the late 1800s often included lynching, which is another term for
Answer
A
setting a sharecropper's house and fields on fire.
B
forcing someone to work at gunpoint.
C
unlawfully taking someone's possessions.
D
killing, usually by hanging, without a trial.
Explanation
Lynching is the unlawful killing of a person by a group, often by hanging and without a fair trial. So the correct choice is “killing, usually by hanging, without a trial.”
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