Download eBook Southern Horrors : Lynch Law in All Its Phases and Mob Rule in New Orleans. Wells called out lynching as an excuse to kill Black people, especially those with wealth/property, wrote three pamphlets (Southern Horrors, The Red Record, Mob Rule in NOLA) exposing lynch law and culture. Soon after, a bounty was put on her head and she was forced to leave Memphis for London. Buy Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases Ida B. Wells-Barnett (ISBN: 9781517272425) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases (1892) Digital History ID 3614. Author: Ida B. Wells Date:1892. Annotation: Ida B. Wells was one of the most outspoken African Americans of lynching. Because she verbalized her position against lynching in her Memphis newspaper, The Free Speech, a mob destroyed the newspaper