Mr. John Diggs-Dorsey, a Black man in his early twenties, liced and worked in Darnestown as a servant to James and Linnie Tschiffely. On July 25, 1880, Linnie Tschifely accused Diggs-Dorsey of rape and physical assault, a charge he denied. After a two-day manhunt, Diggs-Dorsey was brought to the county…
Mr. Sidney Randolph, a Black Georgia native in his mid-twenties, was lynched in Rockville on July 4, 1896, allegedly by a group of white men from Montgomery County. Randolph was suspected of attacking the Buxton family of Gaithersburg and killing one family member in May 1896. Detectives were brought in…
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…
Between 1898 and 1931, at least three Black men were victims of racial terror lynchings near this courthouse. On May 26, 1898, a mob of over 100 white people lynched Garfield King, a Black teenager who lived near present-day Allen, MD. Garfield was being held in the Salisbury Jail after…
On October 6, 1907, a white mob lynched an 18-year-old Black teenager known as William Burns in Cumberland, Maryland. Days earlier, William visited a saloon at the canal wharf after work. When he was accused of disorderly conduct and asked to leave, a local white officer came to arrest him….
Between 1875 and 1911, racial terror lynchings of African Americans by white mobs created a legacy of violence, intimidation, and injustice that has not previously been acknowledged. At least five racial terror lynchings took place in Anne Arundel County, traumatizing the black community. These lawless acts of violence targeted African…