Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1888061601 Victim Name: William Stokes Race: Black Sex: Male Age: 25-27 Job: Farmer Method of Death: Shot Accusation: Attempted rape of a colored woman Date: 1888-06-16 County Name: Dinwiddie Mob Composition: Unknown men Summary: William Stokes, a black...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1884060601 Victim Name: Unnamed Negro Race: Black Sex: Male Age: 14 Job: Unknown Method of Death: Hanged Accusation: Murder of a 8 year-old white boy Date: 1884-06-06 County Name: Russell Mob Composition: 30-40, masked Summary: A posse of roughly 30 to...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1889112301 Victim Name: Robert Bland Race: Black Sex: Male Age: 21 Job: Unknown Method of Death: Hanged and riddled with bullets Accusation: Attempted criminal assault on a 16 year-old white girl,daughter of a federal government official Date: 1889-11-23...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1889110801 Victim Name: Orion Anderson Race: Black Sex: Male Age: 14 Job: Unknown Method of Death: Hanged and riddled with bullets Accusation: Outraged a 17 year-old white girl Date: 1889-11-08 City: Leesburg Mob Composition: 100 armed men Summary: A...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1889081101 Victim Name: William Blankenship Race: Black Sex: Male Age: 20 Job: Unknown Method of Death: Hanged Accusation: Attempted outrage on an orphaned white girl Date: 1889-08-11 County Name: Charlotte Mob Composition: Unknown Summary: William...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1889060801 Victim Name: John Forbes Race: Black Sex: Male Age: 18 Job: Unknown Method of Death: Hanged and riddled with bullets Accusation: Criminal assault upon a white woman Date: 1889-06-08 County Name: Nottoway Mob Composition: Masked Summary: About...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1889042201 Victim Name: Scott Bailey Race: Black Sex: Male Age: Unknown Job: Unknown Method of Death: Hanged Accusation: Assaulted upon a young white woman Date: 1889-04-22 City: Halifax Mob Composition: Unknown Summary: The lynching of Scott Bailey...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1889040301 Victim Name: Martin Rollins Race: Black Sex: Male Age: Unknown Job: Banjo Picker Method of Death: Hanged and riddled with bullets Accusation: Murder of a white man Date: 1889-04-03 City: Lebanon Mob Composition: 25-40 unmasked armed men...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1889031401 Victim Name: Magruder Fletcher Race: Black Sex: Male Age: 25 Job: Unknown Method of Death: Hanged and shot - strangulation Accusation: Outraged a married white woman, wife of an oysterman Date: 1889-03-14 County Name: Accomack Mob Composition:...