Trials such as those of the Scottsboro Boys and Tom Robinson have sometimes been referred to as "courtroom lynchings." What do you think
that description means? According to Klarman, what is the relationship
between the practice of lynching and these trials? What did many white
Southerners believe would happen if black defendants accused of raping
white women were found not guilty?

What is the effect of the author's choice of the word loathsome rather than hateful in this sentence from the count of monte cristo? two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration. it reveals that the unpleasant aspects of the stairway are manmade. it stresses the disgusting, offensive nature of the stairway. it suggests that the soldiers are used to the place and do not hate it. it implies that the effects of the stairway are felt only by the inspector.