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The original was posted on /r/askhistorians by /u/mrsciencedude69 on 2023-08-25 04:34:35+00:00.

Original Title: During Jim Crow, how did black Americans deal with crimes within their communities? Would victims attempt to go through the official legal system, or did black communities have a informal/parallel justice system of sorts?

I can’t imagine the official “justice” system of the time would have been much help. While it was all for punishing black people, I doubt they would care much if the victim was also black.