Powhatan Pete (Misreported)

May 26, 1885

By Lynching in Texas Staff

"Powhatan" Pete was a black man killed in Tennessee.

Some of the information below was misreported.

City: Brownsville, Texas

County: Cameron County

Race of Ethnicity of Victim: Black

Gender of Victim: Male

Age of Victim: Unknown

Alleged Crime: Theft

Manner of Death: Hanged

Source of Information: Tuskegee Files

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Lynching in Texas Staff, “Powhatan Pete (Misreported),” Lynching In Texas, accessed April 24, 2024, https://lynchingintexas.org/items/show/907.

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Published on Apr 24, 2019. Last updated on Sep 20, 2023.