User:Enwebb/Lynching in Ohio

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Depending on the definition of "lynching" used, between 26 — 28 people were lynched in Ohio, including both Black and White victims. The Tuskegee Institute estimated 10 Whites and 16 Blacks were lynched between 1882 and 1968.[1] The Equal Justice Initiative lists 15 instances of racial terror lynchings in Ohio from 1877 to 1950.[2]

Though most common in the American South, terror lynchings occurred in many other states. Ohio is eighth in the number of racial terror lynchings outside the South, and twentieth overall including the South.[3]

Ohioan Benjamin Harrison in May of 1892 was the first US president to call for anti-lynching legislation.[4] Ohio legislators and activists, including Harry Clay Smith and Albion W. Tourgee, responded with the Smith Act, which was "intended to discourage all forms of mob violence by allowing victims or their families to obtain up to $5000 in financial compensation from the county where the crime occurred."[4] It was the strongest anti-lynching in the United States at the time.[4] The Smith Act became a model for similar legislation enacted in other states.[4]

List of lynching victims[edit]

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Victim name Year Date Victim race Location County Accused crime
Unknown drover[4] Early 1800s White?[4] Kirkersville Licking Theft
Unknown[4] 1802 Black Salt Lick Town Jackson
Boles, William[5] 1891 April 10 Kenton Hardin Murder
Corbin, Henry[5] 1892 January 14 Oxford Butler Murder
Lytle, James[5] 1892 February 30[5] (yes, that's what the source says) Findlay Hancock Murder
Terry, Bill 1856 November 25[4] Black Manchester Adams Rape[4]
Unknown negro[5] 1892 April 1 Black Millersburg Holmes Unknown cause
Parker, Roscoe[5] 1894 January 12 West Union Adams Murder
Neville, Seymour[5] 1894 April 15 Rushsylvania Logan Rape
Weatheroff, Nelson[5] 1895 May 31 Logan Hocking Attempted rape
Anderson, Noah[5] 1895 August 21 New Richmond Clermont Murder
Mitchell, Charles[5] 1897 June 4 Urbana Champaign Rape
Dixon, Richard[5] 1904 March 7 Springfield Clark Rape
Etherington, Carl[5] 1910 July 8 Newark Licking Murder
Unnamed negro[5] 1911 June 27 Black Cleveland Cuyahoga Murder
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  • Bill Terry (1856), Manchester[6] User:Enwebb/Lynching of Bill Terry According to Lynching and Mob violence in Ohio, "Ohio's first generally recognized lynching."[4]
  • Jeff Davis (1873), Tuscarawas County [1]
  • G. W. Ullery (G. W. Ulrey), Urbana[6]
  • Sim Garnett (Simon Garnett) (1877), Oxford [2]
  • William Taylor (1878), Sandusky[6]
  • Christopher C. Davis (1881), Athens
  • Frank Fisher (1882), Galion[6]
  • Turner Graham (1885), Osgood[6]
  • Mrs. Turner Graham (1885), Osgood[6]
  • Henry Howard (1885) Coshocton[6]
  • William Boles, April 10 1891 Kenton, Hardin Co, accused of murder[5]
  • Henry Corbin (1892), Oxford [3][4] Jan 14 Butler Co, accused of murder[5]
  • James Lytle Feb 30 1892 Findlay, Hancock Co, accused of murdering his wife[5]
  • Unknown April 1 1892 Millersburg, Holmes Co, unknown cause[5][5]
  • Roscoe Parker (1894), West Union [6], Adams Co, Jan 12, accused of murder[5]
  • Seymour Neville (Seymour Newlin) (1894), Rushsylvania [7], Logan Co, April 15, accused of rape[5]
  • Nelson Weatheroff, May 31 1895, Logan, Hocking Co, accused of attempted rape[5]
  • Noah Anderson (1895), New Richmond [8], Clermont Co, accused of murder[5]
  • Charles Mitchell (Click Mitchell) (1897), Urbana [9], June 4, Champaign Co, accused of rape[5]
  • Richard Dixon (1904), Springfield [10][11], Mar 7, Clark Co, accused of murder[5]
  • Unknown (1911), Cleveland [12], June 27, Cuyahoga Co, accused of murder[5]
  • Luke Murray (1932), Ironton[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Lynchings: By State and Race, 1882-1968" (PDF). Racial Violence US. Retrieved 30 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Explore the Map". Lynching in America. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  3. ^ Equal Justice Initiative. LYNCHING IN AMERICA: CONFRONTING THE LEGACY OF RACIAL TERROR (Report) (3rd ed.). Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Meyers, David; Walker, Elise Meyers (2018-11-20). Lynching and Mob Violence in Ohio, 1772-1938. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-3412-8.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Thirty Years of Lynching in the United States, 1889-1918. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 1919. p. 85.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "Map of White Supremacy's History of Lynchings". PlainTalkHistory. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

Further reading[edit]

  • Lynching Beyond Dixie: American Mob Violence Outside the South[1]
  • Monroe and Florence Work[2]
  1. ^ Pfeifer, Michael J. (2013-03-16). Lynching Beyond Dixie: American Mob Violence Outside the South. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-09465-1.
  2. ^ "Monroe & Florence Work Today". Monroe & Florence Work Today. Retrieved 2020-06-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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