Bull Williams, Florence resident, lynched in Westpoint, TN

Title

Subject

Community; crime; lynching

Description

These are newspaper accounts of the lynching of Anthony "Bull" Williams for the alleged murder of Miss Lena Williams of Westpoint, TN. Williams had previously worked as a server in a restaurant on Tennessee Street in Florence.

Source

The Florence Times (1)

Richmond Planet (2)

The Tennessean (3)

Publisher

The Florence Times (1)

Richmond Planet (2)

The Tennessean (3)

Date

1897-07-16 (1)

1897-07-24 (2)

1897-07-17 (3)

Contributor

Brian Murphy

Rights

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Format

PNG (1,2)
JPG (3)

Language

English

Type

Still Image

Identifier

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bull3.jpg (3)

Original Format

Newspaper

Files

Collection

Community

Citation

“Bull Williams, Florence resident, lynched in Westpoint, TN,” Shoals Black History, accessed April 26, 2024, https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/712.

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