Lynching In Texas

Lynching of Joe Richmond: August 29, 1915

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City: Sulphur Springs, Texas

County: Hopkins County

Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black

Gender of Victim: Male

Age of Victim: Unknown

Alleged Crime: Murder

Manner of Death: Burned

Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching

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Lynching of King Richmond: August 29, 1915

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City: Sulphur Springs, Texas

County: Hopkins County

Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black

Gender of Victim: Male

Age of Victim: Unknown

Alleged Crime: Murder

Manner of Death: Burned

Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching

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Lynching of John Williams: June 28, 1894

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City: Sulphur Springs, Texas

County: Hopkins County

Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black

Gender of Victim: Male

Age of Victim: Unknown

Alleged Crime: Murder

Manner of Death: Hanged

Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching, Tuskegee Institute, Equal Justice Initiative

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Lynching of Perry Reilly : December 2, 1884

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City: Sulphur Springs, Texas

County: Hopkins County

Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black

Gender of Victim: Male

Age of Victim: Unknown

Alleged Crime: Theft, Murder

Manner of Death: Hanged

Source of Information: Chicago Tribune

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Lynching of Thomas Williams: August 11, 1905

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City: Sulphur Springs, Texas

County: Hopkins County

Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black

Gender of Victim: Male

Age of Victim: Unknown

Alleged Crime: Attempted Rape

Manner of Death: Hanged, Burned

Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching

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