Victim ID: VA1888072701
Victim Name: Bruce Younger
Race: Black
Sex: Male
Age: Unknown
Job: Unknown
Method of Death: Hanged and shot–riddled with bullets
Accusation: Assaulted upon a married white woman (Mrs. Robert Dodd)
Date: 1888-07-27
City: Halifax
Mob Composition: Unknown
Summary: The lynching of Bruce Younger, a black man, occurred on July 27th, 1888, in Halifax, South Boston County, as he was accused of assaulting a married white woman.
Bruce Younger allegedly entered Mrs. Robert Dodd’s house, near Meadville, through a window while Mrs. Dodd was asleep. Younger was captured and taken before a justice of the peace, who sent him to the jail at the Halifax Courthouse. A party of indignant men took Younger from the courthouse jail on the night of July 27th, 1888 and hanged him to a tree (Washington Critic).
News Coverage: Alexandria Gazette, Staunton Spectator, Washington Critic
Article Link (from Alexandria Gazette published on 1888-07-27)
Article Link (from Staunton Spectator published on 1888-08-01)
Article Link (from The Washington Critic published on 1888-07-27)