1862-07, Unnamed, Male, Violence (Punishment)
- Title
- 1862-07, Unnamed, Male, Violence (Punishment)
- Description
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An enslaved man who was accused of assaulting a woman was arrested, tried, and hung in Athens, Georgia.
Partial Transcript: "The only case of mob law which ever occurred in Athens was in July, 1862. A negro belonging to Dr. Macon assaulted the wife of the overseer who had gone into the army" - Event Type
- Violence: Punishment
- Action Status
- Completed
- Date
- July 1862
- Date Certainty
- Approximate
- Location
- Athens-Clarke County, Georgia
- Freedom Status
- Enslaved
- Enslaver
- Dr. Macon
- Author
- Augustus Longstreet Hull
- Source Resource
- http://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/api/items/690
