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A black man who was convicted of murdering a white man was lynched by a group of white men with the help of the sheriff.

The men who lynched Isaac Jenkins have yet to be indicted for his lynching, while Jenkins is being moved around from court to court.

Isaac Jenkins still has not received justice after being lynched, as his lynchers are walking free.

Martial law is imposed after the government fails to enforce the dispensary law, which create government-owned liquor stores.

President Cleveland vetoed the Bland Seigniorage Bill, a bill that would have converted the Silver bullion in the treasury into coin, causes objections from the Southern and Western States.

A Democratic politician, who made speeches against black people, was found dead under the bed of a black prostitute.

The Republican Party wins a landslide victory in elections in Rhode Island, causing a major upset for Democrats in the state.

C.H.J Taylor, a black Democrat, faces rejection as recorder of Deeds in the District of Columbia because he cannot find allies among Democrats or Republicans.

A mother pleads to the Governor of Virginia to stay the execution of her son, who is charged with the death of two white women in Manassas, Virginia.

The Planet critiques a court case, where a white politician broke the promise of marriage to a white woman, charging that whites always claim moral high ground even though they commit murder and adultery like everyone else.