Lynching of Esseck White: August 6, 1897
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City: Nacogdoches, Texas
County: Nacogdoches County
Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: Unknown
Alleged Crime: Attempted Rape
Manner of Death: Hanged
Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching
Files
"Lynching at Nacogdoches"
Source: Austin American-Statesman (Austin, Texas) | Date: August 8, 1897
"Lynching of White"
Source: Fort Worth Register (Fort Worth, Texas) | Date: August 10, 1897
"A Fiend Strung Up: Boasted that he had a Lock of His Victim's Hair."
Source: The Scranton Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania) | Date: August 10, 1897