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| 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 |
| Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | ||
| Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
- 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- ^ "Lynchings: By State and Race, 1882-1968" (PDF). Racial Violence US. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Explore the Map". Lynching in America. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ Equal Justice Initiative. LYNCHING IN AMERICA: CONFRONTING THE LEGACY OF RACIAL TERROR (Report) (3rd ed.). Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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) - ^ a b c d e f g h "Map of White Supremacy's History of Lynchings". PlainTalkHistory. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
Further reading
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Monroe & Florence Work Today". Monroe & Florence Work Today. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
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