Night Riders in Lauderdale County:
"Night Riders Out"
"Night Riders in Lauderdale"
"Are Still At It"
"Farmers' Union Holds Meeting"
"The Night Riders: Lauderdale Farmers' Union Members Pass Resolutions"
"Nearly all Fakes"

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The Law, Crime and Punishment

Description

A Series of newspaper articles from October and November of 1908 reporting on the activity of "night riders" in the Colbert's Reserve area of western Lauderdale County. The "night riders" had posted signs across Colbert's Reserve warning white farmers and merchants not to have any dealings with or sell merchandise or rent land to, blacks within the Reserve, or "we will call around to see you at a late hour." Subsequently a dozen or so cotton gin fires were reported across the state however after investigation were concluded to be hoaxes. These warnings in Colbert's Reserve were "deplored and regretted generally" and Lauderdale Sheriff Calvin W. Young declared that "the full force of the law will be enforced against disorder of this sort." The Lauderdale County Farmers' Union passed resolutions disapproving and condemning these acts.

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1. Florence Herald
2. Florence Times
3 Florence Herald
4. Florence Herald
5. Florence Herald
6. Florence Herald

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1. Florence Herald
2. Florence Times
3 Florence Herald
4. Florence Herald
5. Florence Herald
6. Florence Herald

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Newspapers.com
ProQuest Microfilm.

Date

1. 1908-10-15
2. 1908-10-16
3. 1908-10-22
4. 1908-10-22
5. 1908-10-23
6. 1908-10-05

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Lee Freeman

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Night Riders Out FH Thu Oct 15 1908 p 1.jpg

Night Riders in Lauderdale FT Fri Oct 16 1908 p 1.jpg

Are Still At It FH Thu Oct 22 1908 p 1.jpg

Farmers Union Holds Meeting FH Thu Oct 22 1908.jpg

The Night Riders FT Fri Oct 23 1908 p 1.tif.jpg

Nearly All Fakes FH Thu Nov 5 1908 sec 2 p 1.jpg

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The Law, Crime and Punishment

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1. Florence Herald 2. Florence Times 3 Florence Herald 4. Florence Herald 5. Florence Herald 6. Florence Herald, “Night Riders in Lauderdale County:
"Night Riders Out"
"Night Riders in Lauderdale"
"Are Still At It"
"Farmers' Union Holds Meeting"
"The Night Riders: Lauderdale Farmers' Union Members Pass Resolutions"
"Nearly all Fakes",” Shoals Black History, accessed April 24, 2024, https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/1064.

Night Riders in Lauderdale County: "Night Riders Out" "Night Riders in Lauderdale" "Are Still At It" "Farmers' Union Holds Meeting" "The Night Riders: Lauderdale Farmers' Union Members Pass Resolutions" "Nearly all Fakes"

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Night Riders in Lauderdale County:
"Night Riders Out"
"Night Riders in Lauderdale"
"Are Still At It"
"Farmers' Union Holds Meeting"
"The Night Riders: Lauderdale Farmers' Union Members Pass Resolutions"
"Nearly all Fakes"