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The letter, and its supposed relevance explaining not only the slave experience but also the origins of “lynching,” has been disseminated enough times that in 2004 jelani cobb wrote an extended answer to the question, “is willie lynch’s letter real?”. The letter purports to be a verbatim account of a speech given by a slave owner, in which he tells other slave masters that he has discovered the secret to controlling black slaves by. There is truth in the principles found in the literary work that are apparent in our behavior and culture.
Though fictional, the willie lynch letter and the making of a slave is more of a study in psychology than history.
There is truth in the principles found in the literary work that are apparent in our behavior and culture. The term lynching is derived from his last. The speaker, william lynch, is said to have been a slave owner in the west indies, and was summoned to virginia in 1712; Looking for books by willie lynch?