With the help of others, Wells raised $500 to investigate the cause of lynching and her first pamphlet was published on the subject. In the process documenting lynching cases, Wells noted, “lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the crowd. If the leaders of the mob are so minded, coal-oil is poured over the body and the victim is then roasted to death.” (Wells, p. NP). Because of her anti-lynching crusade and some of her published works attacking injustices and inequalities again African-American, while she was in New York city, her Memphis Free Speech publications torched by a group whites. Fearing for her life and on the advice of close friends, she decided
