Lynching of William Manuel: June 21, 1908
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City: Hemphill, Texas
County: Sabine County
Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: 25
Alleged Crime: Murder
Manner of Death: Hanged
Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching
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"Nine Lynched: Texas Mob Takes Summary Vengeance On Negroes For Murders. 5 Hanged to One Limb, One Shot Down In His Tracks As He Tries to Run. Two Bodies Found in Creek, Ninth And Last Shot Down At Gate Of One Of The Murdered White Men - Both Blacks And Whites Armed And Militia In Readiness To Suppress Riot."
Source: The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) | Date: June 23, 1908
"Nine Negroes Lynched: Texas Mob Takes Them From the County Jail."
Source: The Coffeyville Daily Journal (Coffeyville, Kansas) | Date: June 23, 1908
"11 Dead in Texas Race War: Six Negroes Taken From Jail and Lynched at Hemphill. Others Shot Down While Fleeing From Angry White Men - Rangers and Militia Called Out to Quell Disturbance That Has Spread Over Large Territory.”
Source: The Sun (New York, New York) | Date: June 23, 1908