Until there is a sentiment in every community in which a lynching occurs, which will demand the punishment of those who take part, it can scarcely be expected that sheriffs will risk their lives to protect prisoners, or that prosecuting attorneys, judges, and juries, will cooperate to secure the conviction of lynchers and to make them feel the full penalty of the law.²⁷

The number of reputed lynchings is given in this table:²⁸

Number of White and Colored Persons Lynched in
United States, 1889–1918*

YEARS	TOTAL	WHITE	COLORED
1889……………………	175	80	95
1890……………………	91	3	88
1891……………………	194	67	127
1892……………………	226	71	155
1893……………………	153	39	114
1894……………………	182	54	128
1895……………………	178	68	110
1896……………………	125	46	79
1897……………………	162	38	124
1898……………………	127	24	103
1899……………………	109	22	87
1900……………………	101	12	89
1901……………………	135	27	108
1902……………………	94	10	84
1903……………………	104	17	87
1904……………………	86	7	79
1905……………………	65	5	60
1906……………………	68	4	64
1907……………………	62	3	59
1908……………………	100	8	92
1909……………………	89	14	75
1910……………………	90	10	80
1911……………………	71	8	63
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