1862-07, Unnamed, Male, Violence (Punishment)

Title: 1862-07, Unnamed, Male, Violence (Punishment)
Description: An enslaved man who was accused of assaulting a woman was arrested, tried, and hung in Athens, Georgia.

Partial Transcript: "The only case of mob law which ever occurred in Athens was in July, 1862. A negro belonging to Dr. Macon assaulted the wife of the overseer who had gone into the army"
Event Type: Violence: Punishment
Action Status: Completed
Date: July 1862
Date Certainty: Approximate
Location: Athens-Clarke County, Georgia
Source: Annals of Athens, Georgia; Page 255
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Enslaver: Dr. Macon
Author: Augustus Longstreet Hull