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What do you know of vigilantes and how they operated in the "Old West"?​
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What do you know of vigilantes and how they operated in the "Old West"?​

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In the Wild West, where the law was often non-existent, vigilantes often took “enforcement of the law,” as well as moral codes into their own hands. The term vigilante stems from its Spanish equivalent, meaning private security agents.

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