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1912: Tom Miles lynched

Posted on 9 April, 2013 by Headsman

From the Montgomery Advertiser (April 10, 1912)

Lynched After Acquittal

SHREVEPORT, La., Apr. 9 — Tom Miles, a negro, aged 29, was hanged to a tree here and his body filled with bullets early today. He had been tried in police court yesterday on a charge of writing insulting notes to a white girl, employed in a department store, but was acquitted for lack of proof.

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Posted in 20th Century, Borderline "Executions", Disfavored Minorities, Hanged, History, Louisiana, Lynching, Public Executions, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Sex, Shot, Summary Executions, USA, Wrongful Executions | Tagged 1910s, 1912, jim crow, racism, shreveport, tom miles

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