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Lynching of Corporal John Cecil Jones: The War Veteran Who Was Lynched for Allegedly Scaring a White Woman

On August 8, 1946, just one year after returning home from serving his country in World War II, United States Army Corporal John Cecil Jones was tortured and lynched by a white mob near Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana. He...

Seay J. Miller: The Black Man Lynched in 1893 by a White Mob of 5,000 Over a False Murder Accusation

On the evening of July 7, 1893, the small town of Bardwell, Kentucky, became the stage for one of the most horrifying spectacles of racial violence in American history. At the center of it all was Seay J. Miller,...

Private Felix Hall: The Black Soldier Lynched on a U.S. Military Base in 1941

On the morning of March 28, 1941, deep in a wooded ravine at Fort Benning, Georgia, the lifeless body of Private Felix Hall was discovered. He had been hanging from a tree by a noose, his hands tied behind...

Duluth lynchings: How a White Girl’s False Accusation Led to the Lynching of Three Black Circus Workers in 1920

On the night of June 15, 1920, a white mob in Duluth, Minnesota, dragged three African-American circus workers from jail, Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson, and Isaac McGhie, and lynched them in front of thousands. The men had been falsely...

Wrongfully Arrested Then Lynched: The 1934 Killing of Robert Johnson in Jim Crow Florida

In late January 1934, Robert Johnson, a 40-year-old Black man, was wrongly arrested for assaulting a white woman in Tampa, Florida. Although the police eventually cleared him of any involvement, a white mob seized him and lynched him before...

Scott Burton: The Black Barber Lynched by a White Mob for Defending His Family and Property

In the summer of 1908, Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln’s hometown, erupted in a violent two-day race riot fueled by racial hatred. Angry white mobs attacked Black residents, burned their businesses, and lynched those who dared to stand their ground....

The Brutal Lynching of George Armwood for Allegedly Assaulting a White Woman in 1933

On October 18, 1933, George Armwood, a 23-year-old African American labourer, was lynched in Princess Anne, Maryland, in what would be the last recorded lynching in the state. Like many before him, Armwood’s death was not the result of...

George Richardson: The Black Man Whose False Rape Accusation by a White Woman Triggered the Deadly Springfield Riot of 1908

In August 1908, the city of Springfield, Illinois—often celebrated as the hometown of Abraham Lincoln—became the site of one of the most violent race riots in American history. Over the course of just a few days, white mobs rampaged...

William Donnegan: The Black Man Who Was Lynched for Marrying a White Woman and His Success

William Donnegan was an 84-year-old Black cobbler, property owner, former conductor on the Underground Railroad and longtime resident of Springfield, Illinois, whose wealth and interracial marriage made him a target of white resentment during the infamous Springfield Race Riot...

Elisha Harper: The African American Veteran Who Was Almost Lynched for Insulting a White Girl in 1919

On July 24, 1919, in the quiet town of Newberry, South Carolina, Elisha Harper, a 25-year-old African American world war I veteran found himself at the center of a mob’s rage. A simple accusation, that he had insulted a...
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The Devil of Haiti: Jean-Baptiste de Caradeux, the French Slaver Nicknamed “The Cruel” for His Brutality Against Enslaved Africans

Jean-Baptiste de Caradeux de La Caye remains one of the most despised figures in the history of French Saint-Domingue,...