"The lynching spirit seems to be reviving."

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Community; lynchings

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"The lynching spirit seems to be reviving."

A Saturday, May 4, 1895 Florence Times editorial blurb by editor Moncure W. Camper noting that lynching seemed to be on the rise and that "where lynching prevails a comparatively low state of civilization exists."

"The lynching spirit seems to be reviving."

A Thursday, May 9, 1895 Florence Gazette editorial by editor Isaac S. Barr taking exception to the specific sentence of an earlier editorial of Times editor Moncure W. Camper which stated that "where lynching prevails a comparatively low state of civilization exists." Editor Barr reminded editor Camper of two previous lynchings in Florence, that of white outlaws Thomas Marion Clark and two anonymous thieves on Sept. 5, 1872 at which "one of the best men in town arranged the details of the hanging," and that of George Ware in 1883, at which "hundreds of his [Ware's] own race were at the hanging, giving countenance to what the white folks did. . . . We think our contemporary made a bad break in the second sentence in his item."

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Florence Times

Florence Gazette

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Florence Times

Florence Gazette

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Newspapers.com

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1895-05-04

1895-05-09

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Lee Freeman

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Florence Times and Florence Gazette, “"The lynching spirit seems to be reviving.",” Shoals Black History, accessed April 19, 2024, https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/1181.

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