The Intellectual Grounding of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851
Vigilantism has a long history in the United States stretching back to the Regulator movement in South Carolina in 1767. These extralegal movements are distinguished from spontaneous and ephemeral mob activity by their regular organization and limited life-span. The San Francisco Committee of Vigila...
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PDXScholar
1993
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