Abstract
Who was Sam Bush, and what does his violent death reveal about race relations in central Illinois at the turn of the century? How did his lynching affect black-white relations? The lynching was the first ever recorded in Decatur. As a form of vigilantism, how- ever, it shared certain characteristics with the “lynching cycle” identified by sociologist Oliver C. Cox as a series of terrorist activities intended to impose social control.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Article number | 4 |
| Pages (from-to) | 187-200 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 1990 |