Did you also look for all the murders by knife and gun of innocent people??? Are we sensitive too? bwmoore ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty A Pace" <bapace2@juno.com> To: <NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com>; <RowanRoots-L@rootsweb.com>; <NCJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com>; <NCWayne@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 4:36 PM Subject: [NCJOHNST] Lynching Close to Home > In case you have ever wondered why African-American families are so > sensitive about the symbol of the noose, you should take a look at a book > I recently got through inter-library loan. I saw it reviewed on C-Span > and found that my local library had it but it was missing. > > The book is a series of 98 plates of lynchings in the very late 19th and > early 20th century in many sections of the U.S. I did not look at all of > the plates but instead read through the description/location of the > plates at the rear of the book. I was looking for North Carolina > lynchings in particular since I remembered my grandmother revealing that > she had known of a lynching in Salisbury, NC in her young adult years > (she was born in 1879). Strangely I only found two plates in NC--one in > Salisbury in 1906 and another in Goldsboro, NC in 1916. Of course, many > of the plates are from unknown times/locations but are similar to the > identified photos in that they were saved in their times by being > preserved as lithographs on postcards, many of them with post marks to > argue that they had actually been sent through the U.S. mail. The horror > of these historic photos is that the individuals who were hanged were > most often snatched from jails where they were awaiting trial for some > offense--vigilante parties couldn't wait for justice but mindlessly acted > on accusations only; local law enforcement even enabled the lynchings on > occasion. On-lookers (often children) and vigilantes most often didn't > hide their faces. The photos in the book represent mostly locations in > the South, Middle West, and West, often as far as California. Not one > was from the New England section of our country. The latest photo was in > the early 1940s. Even some women were lynched. > > This must be the one my grandmother hinted at: > Plate 12: > "The lynching of five African American males--Nease Gillepsie, John > Gillepsie, "Jack" Dillingham, Henry Lee, and George Irvin--with onlookers > shown in the photo. August 6, 1906, Salisbury, NC. Lithographed photo > postcard. Printed on border: Nease and John Gillespie and Jack > Dillingham, murders of Lyerly family. > A mob numbering in the thousands wrenched five black men from the civil > authorities of Salisbury on the night of August 6th. They accused the > men of murdering members of a local family named Lyerly. The New York > Times reported that the five men were tortured with knives before being > hanged and then riddled with bullets. The authorities in NC, alarmed at > the scope of the mob violence, took unusual steps to punish its leaders. > After the governor ordered the National Guard to restore order, local > officials arrested more than two dozen suspected leaders. One of the > killers (George Hall) was convicted and sentenced to 15 years hard labor > in the state penitentiary. It is felt that Gov. Glenn was not helped in > his political prospects. > > Plate 20: > John Richards hanging on a tree, jubilant lynchers, a freshly hewn pine > coffin. January 12, 1916, Goldsboro, NC. > Early on the cold morning of January 12, 1916, a masked mob of some 200 > dragged John Richards from his jail cell in Wayne Co. NC. He was accused > of the murder of a local farmed named Anderson Gurley. According to > newspaper accounts, he was taken to the scene of Gurley's murder and > hanged. He appears to have been castrated and cut to pieces by gunfire. > > > A sad commentary on our past. > > WITHOUT SANCTUARY: LYNCHING PHOTOGRAPHY IN AMERICA > Ed. James Allen, Hilton Als, John Lewis, Leon F. Litwack > > Photos/Postcards in Allen/Littlefield Collections Dept., > Robert W. Woodruff Library > Emory University > Twin Palms Publishers , Sante Fe, NM > Pub. 2000 > ISBN - 0-944092-69-1 > > Betty Pace > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCJOHNST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

The problem with vigilante justice is that it is not justice at all. It is the violation and usurpation of justice. It is probably the best way for innocent people to suffer for someone else's crime(s). So, all *innocent victims* are sensitive, yes. Not one to the exclusion of the others. -----Original Message----- From: ncjohnst-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ncjohnst-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bettie Moore Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 1:17 PM To: ncjohnst@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NCJOHNST] Lynching Close to Home Did you also look for all the murders by knife and gun of innocent people??? Are we sensitive too? bwmoore ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty A Pace" <bapace2@juno.com> To: <NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com>; <RowanRoots-L@rootsweb.com>; <NCJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com>; <NCWayne@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 4:36 PM Subject: [NCJOHNST] Lynching Close to Home > In case you have ever wondered why African-American families are so > sensitive about the symbol of the noose, you should take a look at a book > I recently got through inter-library loan. I saw it reviewed on C-Span > and found that my local library had it but it was missing. > > The book is a series of 98 plates of lynchings in the very late 19th and > early 20th century in many sections of the U.S. I did not look at all of > the plates but instead read through the description/location of the > plates at the rear of the book. I was looking for North Carolina > lynchings in particular since I remembered my grandmother revealing that > she had known of a lynching in Salisbury, NC in her young adult years > (she was born in 1879). Strangely I only found two plates in NC--one in > Salisbury in 1906 and another in Goldsboro, NC in 1916. Of course, many > of the plates are from unknown times/locations but are similar to the > identified photos in that they were saved in their times by being > preserved as lithographs on postcards, many of them with post marks to > argue that they had actually been sent through the U.S. mail. The horror > of these historic photos is that the individuals who were hanged were > most often snatched from jails where they were awaiting trial for some > offense--vigilante parties couldn't wait for justice but mindlessly acted > on accusations only; local law enforcement even enabled the lynchings on > occasion. On-lookers (often children) and vigilantes most often didn't > hide their faces. The photos in the book represent mostly locations in > the South, Middle West, and West, often as far as California. Not one > was from the New England section of our country. The latest photo was in > the early 1940s. Even some women were lynched. > > This must be the one my grandmother hinted at: > Plate 12: > "The lynching of five African American males--Nease Gillepsie, John > Gillepsie, "Jack" Dillingham, Henry Lee, and George Irvin--with onlookers > shown in the photo. August 6, 1906, Salisbury, NC. Lithographed photo > postcard. Printed on border: Nease and John Gillespie and Jack > Dillingham, murders of Lyerly family. > A mob numbering in the thousands wrenched five black men from the civil > authorities of Salisbury on the night of August 6th. They accused the > men of murdering members of a local family named Lyerly. The New York > Times reported that the five men were tortured with knives before being > hanged and then riddled with bullets. The authorities in NC, alarmed at > the scope of the mob violence, took unusual steps to punish its leaders. > After the governor ordered the National Guard to restore order, local > officials arrested more than two dozen suspected leaders. One of the > killers (George Hall) was convicted and sentenced to 15 years hard labor > in the state penitentiary. It is felt that Gov. Glenn was not helped in > his political prospects. > > Plate 20: > John Richards hanging on a tree, jubilant lynchers, a freshly hewn pine > coffin. January 12, 1916, Goldsboro, NC. > Early on the cold morning of January 12, 1916, a masked mob of some 200 > dragged John Richards from his jail cell in Wayne Co. NC. He was accused > of the murder of a local farmed named Anderson Gurley. According to > newspaper accounts, he was taken to the scene of Gurley's murder and > hanged. He appears to have been castrated and cut to pieces by gunfire. > > > A sad commentary on our past. > > WITHOUT SANCTUARY: LYNCHING PHOTOGRAPHY IN AMERICA > Ed. James Allen, Hilton Als, John Lewis, Leon F. Litwack > > Photos/Postcards in Allen/Littlefield Collections Dept., > Robert W. Woodruff Library > Emory University > Twin Palms Publishers , Sante Fe, NM > Pub. 2000 > ISBN - 0-944092-69-1 > > Betty Pace > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCJOHNST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCJOHNST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

----- Original Message ----- From: "Bettie Moore" <bwmoore@nc.rr.com> To: <ncjohnst@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [NCJOHNST] Lynching Close to Home > Did you also look for all the murders by knife and gun of innocent > people??? Are we sensitive too? > bwmoore > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Betty A Pace" <bapace2@juno.com> > To: <NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com>; <RowanRoots-L@rootsweb.com>; > <NCJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com>; <NCWayne@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 4:36 PM > Subject: [NCJOHNST] Lynching Close to Home > > >> In case you have ever wondered why African-American families are so >> sensitive about the symbol of the noose, you should take a look at a book >> I recently got through inter-library loan. I saw it reviewed on C-Span >> and found that my local library had it but it was missing. >> >> The book is a series of 98 plates of lynchings in the very late 19th and >> early 20th century in many sections of the U.S. I did not look at all of >> the plates but instead read through the description/location of the >> plates at the rear of the book. I was looking for North Carolina >> lynchings in particular since I remembered my grandmother revealing that >> she had known of a lynching in Salisbury, NC in her young adult years >> (she was born in 1879). Strangely I only found two plates in NC--one in >> Salisbury in 1906 and another in Goldsboro, NC in 1916. Of course, many >> of the plates are from unknown times/locations but are similar to the >> identified photos in that they were saved in their times by being >> preserved as lithographs on postcards, many of them with post marks to >> argue that they had actually been sent through the U.S. mail. The horror >> of these historic photos is that the individuals who were hanged were >> most often snatched from jails where they were awaiting trial for some >> offense--vigilante parties couldn't wait for justice but mindlessly acted >> on accusations only; local law enforcement even enabled the lynchings on >> occasion. On-lookers (often children) and vigilantes most often didn't >> hide their faces. The photos in the book represent mostly locations in >> the South, Middle West, and West, often as far as California. Not one >> was from the New England section of our country. The latest photo was in >> the early 1940s. Even some women were lynched. >> >> This must be the one my grandmother hinted at: >> Plate 12: >> "The lynching of five African American males--Nease Gillepsie, John >> Gillepsie, "Jack" Dillingham, Henry Lee, and George Irvin--with onlookers >> shown in the photo. August 6, 1906, Salisbury, NC. Lithographed photo >> postcard. Printed on border: Nease and John Gillespie and Jack >> Dillingham, murders of Lyerly family. >> A mob numbering in the thousands wrenched five black men from the civil >> authorities of Salisbury on the night of August 6th. They accused the >> men of murdering members of a local family named Lyerly. The New York >> Times reported that the five men were tortured with knives before being >> hanged and then riddled with bullets. The authorities in NC, alarmed at >> the scope of the mob violence, took unusual steps to punish its leaders. >> After the governor ordered the National Guard to restore order, local >> officials arrested more than two dozen suspected leaders. One of the >> killers (George Hall) was convicted and sentenced to 15 years hard labor >> in the state penitentiary. It is felt that Gov. Glenn was not helped in >> his political prospects. >> >> Plate 20: >> John Richards hanging on a tree, jubilant lynchers, a freshly hewn pine >> coffin. January 12, 1916, Goldsboro, NC. >> Early on the cold morning of January 12, 1916, a masked mob of some 200 >> dragged John Richards from his jail cell in Wayne Co. NC. He was accused >> of the murder of a local farmed named Anderson Gurley. According to >> newspaper accounts, he was taken to the scene of Gurley's murder and >> hanged. He appears to have been castrated and cut to pieces by gunfire. >> >> >> A sad commentary on our past. >> >> WITHOUT SANCTUARY: LYNCHING PHOTOGRAPHY IN AMERICA >> Ed. James Allen, Hilton Als, John Lewis, Leon F. Litwack >> >> Photos/Postcards in Allen/Littlefield Collections Dept., >> Robert W. Woodruff Library >> Emory University >> Twin Palms Publishers , Sante Fe, NM >> Pub. 2000 >> ISBN - 0-944092-69-1 >> >> Betty Pace >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NCJOHNST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCJOHNST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.21/1263 - Release Date: 2/6/2008 > 8:14 PM > > Hi Bettie Are you related to Moore's from Johnston County or Harnett County , NO.CO. I was born in Johnston County. I'm trying to find some related to the Moore's. Thanks Larry

The book is a series of 98 plates of lynchings ............Does this mean dinner plates, commemorative? Such as we use for decoration today? Thank you, Sharon Boyer Bates ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty A Pace" <bapace2@juno.com> To: <NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com>; <RowanRoots-L@rootsweb.com>; <NCJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com>; <NCWayne@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 Subject: [NCJOHNST] Lynching Close to Home > In case you have ever wondered why African-American families are so sensitive about the symbol of the noose, you should take a look at a book I recently got through inter-library loan. I saw it reviewed on C-Span and found that my local library had it but it was missing. > The book is a series of 98 plates of lynchings in the very late 19th and early 20th century in many sections of the U.S. I did not look at all of the plates but instead read through the description/location of the plates at the rear of the book. I was looking for North Carolina lynchings in particular since I remembered my grandmother revealing that she had known of a lynching in Salisbury, NC in her young adult years (she was born in 1879). Strangely I only found two plates in NC--one in Salisbury in 1906 and another in Goldsboro, NC in 1916. Of course, many of the plates are from unknown times/locations but are similar to the identified photos in that they were saved in their times by being preserved as lithographs on postcards, many of them with post marks to argue that they had actually been sent through the U.S. mail. The horror of these historic photos is that the individuals who were hanged were most often snatched from jails where they were awaiting trial for some offense--vigilante parties couldn't wait for justice but mindlessly acted on accusations only; local law enforcement even enabled the lynchings on occasion. On-lookers (often children) and vigilantes most often didn't hide their faces. The photos in the book represent mostly locations in the South, Middle West, and West, often as far as California. Not one was from the New England section of our country. The latest photo was in the early 1940s. Even some women were lynched. > > This must be the one my grandmother hinted at: > Plate 12: > "The lynching of five African American males--Nease Gillepsie, John Gillepsie, "Jack" Dillingham, Henry Lee, and George Irvin--with onlookers shown in the photo. August 6, 1906, Salisbury, NC. Lithographed photo postcard. Printed on border: Nease and John Gillespie and Jack Dillingham, murders of Lyerly family. A mob numbering in the thousands wrenched five black men from the civil authorities of Salisbury on the night of August 6th. They accused the men of murdering members of a local family named Lyerly. The New York Times reported that the five men were tortured with knives before being hanged and then riddled with bullets. The authorities in NC, alarmed at the scope of the mob violence, took unusual steps to punish its leaders. After the governor ordered the National Guard to restore order, local officials arrested more than two dozen suspected leaders. One of the killers (George Hall) was convicted and sentenced to 15 years hard labor in the state penitentiary. It is felt that Gov. Glenn was not helped in his political prospects. > > Plate 20: > John Richards hanging on a tree, jubilant lynchers, a freshly hewn pine coffin. January 12, 1916, Goldsboro, NC. Early on the cold morning of January 12, 1916, a masked mob of some 200 dragged John Richards from his jail cell in Wayne Co. NC. He was accused of the murder of a local farmed named Anderson Gurley. According to newspaper accounts, he was taken to the scene of Gurley's murder and hanged. He appears to have been castrated and cut to pieces by gunfire. > > A sad commentary on our past. > > WITHOUT SANCTUARY: LYNCHING PHOTOGRAPHY IN AMERICA Ed. James Allen, Hilton Als, John Lewis, Leon F. Litwack > Photos/Postcards in Allen/Littlefield Collections Dept., Robert W. Woodruff Library Emory University Twin Palms Publishers , Sante Fe, NM Pub. 2000 ISBN - 0-944092-69-1 Betty Pace

from: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/plate "a full-page illustration in a book, esp. an insert on paper different from the text pages." ----- Original Message ----- From: SharonBoyerBates To: ncjohnst@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [NCJOHNST] Lynching Close to Home PLATES meaning? The book is a series of 98 plates of lynchings ............Does this mean dinner plates, commemorative? Such as we use for decoration today? Thank you, Sharon Boyer Bates