Who Was Henry Davis?
Marker Text: The record of lynchings in Maryland from 1891-1906
May 13, 1891 – Asbury Green, Centerville
May 17, 1892 – James Taylor, Chestertown
June 8, 1893 – Isaac Kemp, Princess Anne
October 20, 1894 – Stephen Williams, Prince George’s County
March 16, 1895 – Marshall E. Price, Caroline County
March 28, 1895 – Jacob Henson, Howard County
November 16, 1895 – James Brown, Frederick
June 9, 1897 – William Andrews, Princess Anne
May 25, 1898 – Garfield King, Salisbury
December 21, 1906 – Henry Davis, Annapolis
Henry Davis was the last man lynched in Annapolis. On the day that he was lynched, The Evening Capital wrote, “Annapolis and Anne Arundel County was given a black eye last night by the lynching of the negro Davis…”
This memorial is dedicated to all the victims of lynchings. May those who visit this site, be reminded that mob rule must never become the law of the land.
“We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but the appalling silence of the good people”. – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April 16, 1963
John Snowden Memorial Committee, Carl O. Snowden, Chair
Chris Haley, Reginald M. Harris Sr., Jeffrey C. Henderson, Vincent O. Leggett, Janice Hayes Williams, George Phelps Jr., Hazel G. Snowden, Gerald G. Stansbury, Clemon H. Wesley, Frederick C. Howard
The Reverend Dr. Walter E. Middlebrooks, Asbury United Methodist Church
The Reverend Mamie A. Williams, Annapolis District Superintendent, United Methodist Churches