Loyalists, Lead Mines, and Lynch Law
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Reading Time: 5 minutesIn the mountains of Virginia during the Revolution, justice didn’t always wait for courtrooms. Sometimes, it showed up with a rope and a warning. That’s how the phrase “lynch law” got started—right here in western Virginia. The lead mines near what’s now Wytheville were essential to the Patriot war effort. They produced the bullets. No lead, no firepower. That made […]