The Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United StatesWells-Barnett, Ida B.
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The Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States
Wells-Barnett, Ida B.
African Americans -- History -- 1877-1964; Lynching -- United States; Lynching -- United States -- Statistics
June 10, Mark Jacobs, Bienville, La.; July 24, unknown woman, Sampson
County, Miss.
INTRODUCING SMALLPOX
June 10, James Perry, Knoxville, Ark.
KIDNAPPING
March 2, Lentige, Harland County, Ky.
CONSPIRACY
May 29, J.T. Burgis, Palatka, Fla.
HORSE STEALING
June 20, Archie Haynes, Mason County, Ky.; June 20, Burt Haynes, Mason
County, Ky.; June 20, William Haynes, Mason County, Ky.
WRITING LETTER TO WHITE WOMAN
May 9, unknown Negro, West Texas.
GIVING INFORMATION
July 12, James Nelson, Abbeyville, S.C.
STEALING
Jan. 5, Alfred Davis, Live Oak County, Ark.
LARCENY
April 18, Henry Montgomery, Lewisburg, Tenn.
POLITICAL CAUSES
July 19, John Brownlee, Oxford, Ala.
CONJURING
July 20, Allen Myers, Rankin County, Miss.
ATTEMPTED MURDER
June 1, Frank Ballard, Jackson, Tenn.
ALLEGED MURDER
April 5, Negro, near Selma, Ala.; April 5, Negro, near Selma, Ala.
WITHOUT CAUSE
May 17, Samuel Wood, Gates City, Va.
BARN BURNING
April 22, Thomas Black, Tuscumbia, Ala.; April 22, John Williams,
Tuscumbia, Ala.; April 22, Toney Johnson, Tuscumbia, Ala.; July 14,
William Bell, Dixon, Tenn.; Sept. 1, Daniel Hawkins, Millington, Tenn.;
Sept. 1, Robert Haynes, Millington, Tenn.; Sept. 1, Warner Williams,
Millington, Tenn.; Sept. 1, Edward Hall, Millington, Tenn.; Sept. 1, John
Haynes, Millington, Tenn.; Sept. 1, Graham White, Millington, Tenn.
ASKING WHITE WOMAN TO MARRY HIM
May 23, William Brooks, Galesline, Ark.
OFFENSES CHARGED FOR LYNCHING
Suspected arson, 2; stealing, 1; political causes, 1; murder, 45; rape,
29; desperado, 1; suspected incendiarism, 1; train wrecking, 1; enticing
servant away, 1; kidnapping, 1; unknown offense, 6; larceny, 1; barn
burning, 10; writing letters to a white woman, 1; without cause, 1;
burglary, 1; asking white woman to marry, 1; conspiracy, 1; attempted
murder, 1; horse stealing, 3; highway robbery, 1; alleged rape, 1;
attempted rape, 11; race prejudice, 2; introducing smallpox, 1; giving
information, 1; conjuring, 1; incendiarism, 2; arson, 1; assault, 1; no
offense, 1; alleged murder, 2; total (colored), 134.
LYNCHING STATES
Mississippi, 15; Arkansas, 8; Virginia, 5; Tennessee, 15; Alabama, 12;
Kentucky, 12; Texas, 9; Georgia, 19; South Carolina, 5; Florida, 7;
Louisiana, 15; Missouri, 4; Ohio, 2; Maryland, 1; West Virginia, 2;
Indiana, 1; Kansas, 1; Pennsylvania, 1.
LYNCHING BY THE MONTH
January, 11; February, 17; March, 8; April, 36; May, 16; June, 31; July,
21; August, 4; September, 17; October, 7; November, 9; December, 20; total
colored and white, 197.
WOMEN LYNCHED
July 24, unknown woman, race prejudice, Sampson County, Miss.; March 6,
unknown, woman, unknown offense, Marche, Ark.; Dec. 5, Mrs. Teddy Arthur,
unknown cause, Lincoln County, W. Va.
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THE REMEDY
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