1845, Unnamed, Violence (Punishment)

Title: 1845, Unnamed, Violence (Punishment)
Description: An enslaved person was lynched at the town hall in Athens, Georgia after being accused of rape.

Partial Transcript: "The old town hall was a historic spot. It was built to provide a market on the ground floor... it had howled with the mob that lynched a negro rapist, had smiled with the lights and decorations of the Flower Queen"
Event Type: Violence: Punishment
Action Status: Completed
Date: 1845
Date Certainty: Questionable
Location: Athens-Clarke County, Georgia
Outcome: 1845, Unnamed, Life event (Death)
Source: Annals of Athens, Georgia; Page 127
Related Event: 1845, Unnamed, Life event (Death)
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Author: Augustus Longstreet Hull

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