Read the excerpt below from Only Yesterday, An Informal History of the 1920's, Chapter 3 "The Big Red Scare" section 6 and answer the question. If a white girl reported that a colored man had made improper advances to her – even if the charge were unsupported and based on nothing more than a neurotic imagination – a white-sheeted band might spirit the Negro off to the woods and "teach him a lesson" with tar and feathers or with the whip. If a white man stood up for a Negro in a race quarrel, he might be kidnapped and beaten up. If a colored woman refused to sell her land at an arbitrary price which she considered too low, and a Klansman wanted the land, she might receive the K.K.K. ultimatum – sell or be thrown out. Klan members would boycott Jewish merchants, refuse to hire Catholic boys, refuse to rent their houses to Catholics. What is the best definition you can infer for the word "spirit" from the excerpt above? non-physical part of a person soul move rapidly and secretly ghost
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The answer is Move rapidly and secretly.
This expert explains the race difference that existed between Americans and the African American in 1920s. If a Negro(African American) did not comply with or, if he was against an American, he was punished severely.
The sentence "a white-sheeted band might spirit the Negro off to the woods", is a punishment for his act, so he was moved quickly and secretly to the woods to be punished. So this will be the more suitable meaning.
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The answer is the KKK
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