Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p ""The United States of Lyncherdom" is an essay by Mark Twain written in 1901. He was prompted to write it after the lynchings of Will Godley, his grandfather French Godley, and Eugene Carter (aka Barrett). They were accused in the rape and murder of Gazelle Wild (or Casselle Wilds) on August 19, 1901, in Pierce City, Missouri, located in Twain's home state. The work blames lynching in the United States on the herd mentality that prevails among Americans."@en }
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- The_United_States_of_Lyncherdom comment ""The United States of Lyncherdom" is an essay by Mark Twain written in 1901. He was prompted to write it after the lynchings of Will Godley, his grandfather French Godley, and Eugene Carter (aka Barrett). They were accused in the rape and murder of Gazelle Wild (or Casselle Wilds) on August 19, 1901, in Pierce City, Missouri, located in Twain's home state. The work blames lynching in the United States on the herd mentality that prevails among Americans.".