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“these instances bore none of the harrowing features of racially motivated torture, mutilation, and cruelty endemic to Euro-American lynching of African Americans.… — Helmut Walser Smith Copy Share Image
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The question before us is, whether people of African ancestry compose a portion of this people, and are constituent members of this… — Roger Brooke Taney Copy Share Image
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