William C. Clifton worked as a cowpuncher on the Diamond L Ranch, where he acquired the nickname “Diamond L Slim.” On March 15, 1903, he shot and killed John W. and Luella Foster Church in the Churches’ homestead cabin on Porcupine Creek. Slim was quarreling with the Churches over money…
In respectful memory of the thousands across America, denied justice by lynching; victims of hatred, prejudice, and ignorance. Between 1880-1946, ~570 Georgians were lynched….
Between 1903 and 1934, white mobs terrorized and lynched at least six Black people in Manatee and Sarasota counties. On March 8, 1903, a white mob hanged Henry Thomas near Parriah, leaving his body suspended overnight to instill fear in the entire Black community. White residents took the mere allegation…
From 1886 to 1911, white mobs lynched at least nine Black people in Bulloch County. Suspicion alone-even in the absence of evidence or due process-caused many white people to presume a Black person’s guilt. On July 15, 1886, a white mob abducted Jake Braswell following the alleged assault of a…
Ed Johnson was one of 4,400 known black victims of lynching between 1877 and 1950. In the decade following emancipation, the terror of lynching became a primary means of enforcing white supremacy in Southern communities. Black men and women knew that they were always in danger of white mob violence….
White mobs lynched at least five Black people, including three teenagers, in Anderson County over the course of 17 years. On December 12, 1894, a mob of nearly 500 white men abducted a Black boy named Edward Sullivan from law enforcement and hanged him near Williamston after a white boy…