Who might be targeted for lynching in the south?

Most of the time African Americans were targeted for lynching. They were lynched for a great many reasons. However, most of the time they were lynched because people were racial. In fact, only 6 states have no recorded lynching in there history and 9 states had no recorded African American lynchings. The reason that Caucasians were lynched were usually for political reasons. African Americans were usually lynched because they were accuse of rape, murder, theft or stealing. There was over 4,000 recorded cases of lynching in the US. In addition to the above, escaped slaves whose owner could not be located were also lynched. This occurred in the North long before the colonies were an established Colony by Great Britain.