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Charles Lynch - Definition

For the Charles Lynch who was Mississippi's Governor, see Charles Lynch (politician).

Charles Lynch (1736-1796) was a Virginia planter and patriot who, during the American Revolution, headed an irregular court formed to punish supporters of the British (usually by hanging). Hence the terms lynching and lynch law.


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