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A Horrible Murder FH Wed Dec 11 1889 p 3.jpg
A series of Florence newspaper articles reporting the December 1889 killing by white resident of Oakland Robert "Bob" Vaughn by African-American Cad Brown at a Negro supper and dance held at a house in Oakland and Brown's subsequent Florence trial…

Sheriff JL Potts Escorts Patient to Asylum FH Fri April 9 1937 p 4.jpg
A Friday, April 9, 1937 Florence Report that Lauderdale County Sheriff JL Potts had just returned from escorting an unnamed patient to the Mt. Vernon Insane Asylum for Negroes near Mobile.

Taken to the Asylum FH Thu Jun 9 1892 p 3.jpg
A Thursday, June 9, 1892 Florence Herald report that local black resident Sim Casey was escorted to the Bryce Insane Asylum at Tuscaloosa the day before.

Casey was long-known to be mentally unstable by locals however he was considered harmless…

Francis Utman Carried to Bryce by Sheriff FB Thurs Aug 28 1890 p 3.jpg
A Thursday, August 28, 1890 Florence Banner report that African-American resident Francis Utman was escorted to the Bryce Insane Asylum at Tuscaloosa by Deputy Sheriff Joe Hines.

Cutting FG Wed Nov 13 1878 P 3.jpg
A series of newspaper articles and other documents chronicling the November, 1878 murder of of black Florence resident Tobe Irvine in Key's billiard saloon by fellow-black residents John Mayfield and Alex Jones, the subsequent trial and sentencing of…

Ed Hawkins Accident Report FG Wed Nov 12 1879 p 3.jpg
A November 12, 1879 Florence Gazette report of a tragic accident in which teenage African-American Ed Hawkins got his head caught in a sorghum mill, his head being caught between "the lever and a horizontal bar," crushing his left jaw-bone and…

Catch the Thief FG Sat Jan 24 1880 p 3.jpg
A January 24, 1880 Florence Gazette report of the theft on Saturday night, January 18, of $95, $6 in silver, a pair of pants, a shawl, bridle and saddle and a sorrel horse from JC Myrick of Cowpen (near Greenhill) in Lauderdale County, by…

Shot and Killed FG Sat Jan 10 1880 p 3.jpg
A January 10, 1880 report of the alleged shooting and killing of local mechanic Thomas Faulkner at Crittenden's Crossroads (now Elgin Crossroads) in East Lauderdale County, by African-American John Williams. Nothing further is known of this case.

Nancy Hawkins Obit FTJ Wed Jul 30 1873 p 3.jpg
The Wednesday, July 30, 1873 Florence Times-Journal death notice of Nancy Hawkins (ca. 1808-1873), the wife of "Uncle" Ben Hawkins (1802-1879).

The 1880 Lauderdale County, Alabama Mortality Schedule enumeration for Ben Hawkins, a "laborer" and…

Leighton Negro Disappears FT Thurs May 22 1952 p 1.jpg
A May, 1952 Florence Times report of the disappearance of African-American Leighton, Colbert County resident George Abbott, who, according to his wife Laura Mae Johnson, left Friday for work at the Pride Steam Plant "and hasn't been seen since."…
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