For the past week, we’ve been looking at the 1898 lynching of Frazier Baker, the black postmaster of Lake City,… Read more ‘Satisfied With Even a Disagreement’ – The Repercussions of the Post Office Lynching Trial (1898)
Tag: Lynching
‘We Might As Well Die Running’ – The Post Office Lynching Trial (1898)
Over the past two posts, we learned about the 1898 Lynching of South Carolina Postmaster Frazier Baker and his infant… Read more ‘We Might As Well Die Running’ – The Post Office Lynching Trial (1898)
‘The Dead Father Fell’ – Lynching Frazier Baker, a Black Postmaster (1898)
On the night of February 21, 1898, a mob set fire to the post office and home of the Baker… Read more ‘The Dead Father Fell’ – Lynching Frazier Baker, a Black Postmaster (1898)
A Black Minstrel Lynched in New Madrid, Missouri (1902)
Shortly after midnight on the morning of Sunday, February 16, 1902, black minstrel performer Louis Wright was lynched by hanging… Read more A Black Minstrel Lynched in New Madrid, Missouri (1902)
America’s First Spectacle Lynching – The Torture and Murder of Henry Smith (Part 2)
On February 1st, 1893, the town of Paris, Texas collectively took part in the nation’s first spectacle lynching. It was… Read more America’s First Spectacle Lynching – The Torture and Murder of Henry Smith (Part 2)
America’s First Spectacle Lynching – The Torture and Murder of Henry Smith (Part 1)
On February 1st, 1893, the town of Paris, Texas collectively took part in the nation’s first spectacle lynching. It was… Read more America’s First Spectacle Lynching – The Torture and Murder of Henry Smith (Part 1)
Another Virginia Tragedy – Richard Woods Lynched for Miscegenation
On the night of January 26, 1880, a black Virginian named Richard Woods was lynched because he was found to… Read more Another Virginia Tragedy – Richard Woods Lynched for Miscegenation
Arthur Jordan – Lynched for the Crime of Miscegenation
One of the more volatile fears held by whites in the century following the Civil War was miscegenation. The idea… Read more Arthur Jordan – Lynched for the Crime of Miscegenation
The Lynching of John Roberts – Goldsboro, North Carolina
During the early 1900s, when a lynching was reported in papers across the country, the details would be condensed into… Read more The Lynching of John Roberts – Goldsboro, North Carolina
Isaac Green: ‘If a Slave was Scarred He Wouldn’t Bring as Much’
Isaac Green had been born a slave in 1856 at Greensboro, Georgia. He, his siblings and his mother were owned… Read more Isaac Green: ‘If a Slave was Scarred He Wouldn’t Bring as Much’