Legacies of Slavery and Lynching on Contemporary Capital Punishment
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Lynching and County-Level Slavery
Lynchings, Slavery, and Contemporary Executions
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Proportion Enslaved by County (1860 Census)
•Each Dot Represents 1 Black Lynching Victim
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0.01-0.06
0.06-0.16
0.17-0.32
0.33-0.49
0.50-0.60
0.60-0.93
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Lynching
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10
33
Execution
1
20
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