Why Did African Americans Get Lynched?

During the Great Migration 6 million people moved from South to the North. In the South, African Americans were in the most vulnerable positions. People would always live in the fear of being lynched. Jobs didn’t offer them sufficient amount of money which led to everyone in the household to start working. African American children had to attend separate schools than whites. Some of the main reasons which caused African Americans to leave South which could be noticed as the push factor were wanting to leave harsh or bad economic conditions, difficult living conditions, fear of being lynched, and also not being able to enjoy your life by going to the theater or the amusement parks. They moved up North hoping to have a better life, and education.
In document A, it shows that African Americans that they weren’t offered with many opportunities. Most of the African Americans were tenant farmer, sharecropper and wage worker, many little African Americans were landowners. In document B it states, “usually the sharecropper would learn that he had cleared only few dollars, or nothing at all, or that he owed the planter money.” This shows that it was really hard for African Americans who were sharecroppers weren’t able to get ahead financially because there were times they would receive nothing or they owed money. African Americans weren’t able to make a great living out of the pay they received. Since the insufficient amount of money they received or sometimes had to owe the planter caused the children to work and help out at home which resulted in them not getting much education. In document c, a map is shown of which states had the most lynching with black victim and it is shown that the south especially the state Mississippi had the most lynchings. In document c it states, “ It would be nearly impossible for