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Charles Lynch (1736 – 1796) was an American planter, politician, military officer and judge who headed a kangaroo court in Virginia to punish Loyalists during the Revolutionary War.
May 21, 2024 · Lynching is a form of mob violence that executes a presumed offender without trial, often after torture. The term comes from Charles Lynch, a Virginia planter who led an irregular court during the American Revolution.
- Geoffrey Abbott
Charles Lynch was a man whose services to his country as a brave pioneer and righteous judge, as a soldier and a statesman, are by no means deserving of oblivion, still...
Feb 9, 2023 · Learn about the history of lynching in Virginia, from colonial and Revolutionary periods to the twentieth century. Explore the origins of the term, the causes and consequences of mob violence, and the efforts to stop lynching.
May 14, 2020 · Lynch mobs regularly called on the language of popular sovereignty in their efforts to authorize lynchings, arguing that, as representatives of the people, they retained the right to wield public violence against persons they deemed beyond the protections of due process.
- Michael Gorup
- 2020
Learn about Charles Lynch, a Virginia militia officer and politician who led extra-legal campaigns against Loyalists, slaves, and miners in 1780. Find out how he may have inspired the phrase "lynch law" and his role in the Revolutionary War.
Charles Lynch, Jr. was an active participant in local and colonial politics once his father’s estate was settled. As a prominent local figure and planter, he made a significant impact on local politics while loathing the eastern Virginia dominance of the colony’s legislative bodies.
