Map of 73 Years of Lynchings

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18. Absolutely agree, Jackpine.

This really disappoints me and only abets the notion that lynchings were exclusively a southern problem. Having spent 27 years researching my family history, I've spent hours upon hours scouring old newspapers in Wisconsin and other states, appalled at the casual attitude about finding people hanging dead from trees. Not all of them were black, but it happened often enough especially during the depression when there were so many transients coming and going.

Nearly every time these incidents were reported as suicides and never investigated, and maybe to be fair the tools for investigating weren't there, but Weeping Jesus, there were plenty of assholes up here that are getting a skate from historical analysis.

If I recall correctly, there were several possible lynchings mentioned in the book Wisconsin Death Trip alone.