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  1. Murderers
    date April, 1899 to 1899map SUSSEX, Virginiatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Race-Relations

    The death of Patrick McDonald, a Suffolk resident, in April of 1899, was carried out in a brutal and premeditated manner. Accused of the crime were two white men, Sam Beale and James Brittle, and a colored man named Edward White. The September 7, 1899 issue of the Virginian-Pilot describes how the men are accused of the brutal bludgeoning of McDonald and then placing his body on train tracks. However...

  2. Dueling in the Bayou
    date May 21, 1881map MADISON, Louisianatags Agriculture, Crime/Violence, Law

    The shot sliced through the quiet, heavy bayou air at Willow ditch. The bullet from the double-barreled shot gun grazed Joseph Richburg's coat. Almost immediately, a second shot tore through his pants. Responding quickly, Richburg fired back at his adversary, Brewer, who had begun to flee. Then Richburg aimed his shot gun at Brewer's son, prepared to fire again. However, when Brewer's son dropped his...

  3. Creek Attack
    date May 25, 1825map BALDWIN, Georgiatags Crime/Violence, Native-Americans, War

    In late April 1825, with the murder of William McIntosh and his brother Samuel Hawkins fresh on his mind, Benjamin Hawkins carefully rode his horses back towards his hometown of Montgomery, Georgia, in the fear of suffering a similar fate on his brother. Suddenly, he came upon a party of twenty Creek Indians within ten short steps of their horses. Frightened, a cousin of Hawkins? abruptly fired a...

  4. Affairs of the Creek Indians
    date June 21, 1825map BALDWIN, Georgiatags Crime/Violence, Native-Americans, Race-Relations, War

    Few men had the leadership skills of General William McIntosh. His illustrious military career included leading the Creeks against the British in the War of 1812, defeating the Upper Creek Indians against their Lower Creek foes in the Creek Civil War, and heading a national police force to continue the fight against the Upper Creeks. Yet, these military conquests also created many enemies, especially...

  5. Stole a Pocketbook
    date January 5, 1899 to 1899map NORFOLK CITY, Virginiatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Race-Relations

    On January 5, 1899 the Virginian-Pilot reported that a young black male in the town of Portsmouth, Virginia had stolen the pocketbook of a lady whose services he was filling. While this petty incident of crime was relatively unnoticed, buried in the middle of the paper, the style in which the brief story was written illustrates the social opinions in this southern city. The story goes on to describe...

  6. Religion Spawns Murder in South Carolina
    date March 1, 1897map RICHLAND, South Carolinatags Church/Religious-Activity, Crime/Violence

    On the last day of February 1897, according to The State, John Yochum was shot and killed by a coworker from the Richland mill, Bryce McComb. When McComb, a young man not yet of age, approached Yochum, a man of 53, to reprimand him for his treatment of another worker, Owens, the elder retaliated with violence. Owens had approached a group of his coworkers asking them if they would have liked to accompany...

  7. A Petition on Behalf of a Slave Named Royal
    date 1824map RICHLAND, South Carolinatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Government, Slavery

    Several citizens of upstate South Carolina approached the state assembly with a petition concerning a runaway slave of special concern to the region. Several years earlier a South Carolina citizen by the name of George Ford had been murdered by a slave named Joe (also called Forest) owned by a Mr. Carroll of Richland County. Both Mr. Ford's relatives, as well as the state, offered more than 1,000 dollars...

  8. Railroad Ruckus
    date January 30, 1895map HAWKINS, Tennesseetags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    On an ordinary day in Rogersville the Southern Railway train, run by Conductor Shell, pulled into the station to unload its cargo of flour and take on the next load of lumber. Lewis Boyd, a black man, hopped up into the car to help unload the flour. As he removed the sacks of flour from the car, he happened to throw some of them to the ground. Conductor Shell reprimanded Boyd for his carelessness and...

  9. More than Just Dancing at the Ball
    date April, 1862map LAFOURCHE, Louisianatags African-Americans, Agriculture, Arts/Leisure, Crime/Violence, Race-Relations, Slavery

    Every year the Fearn plantation threw a ball in honor of the magnitude of work that had been done the year prior. The slaves put much effort into the night to make it the happiest of times. Slaves on the plantation looked forward to the ball each year. This year the ball fell on a beautiful night. The Fearns were the last to leave for the ball. As they followed the path to get there, a large slave...

  10. A Near Miss
    date November 25, 1892map MARION, Tennesseetags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Health/Death, Law, Race-Relations

    George Dawson, a white man, was murdered in the town of Jasper, TN. Sheriff Rogers of Jasper had in his custody the three men believed to be responsible for the murder: Floyd Woodlee, John Turner, and Cal Collins. In fact, Woodlee was the only man who confessed to the act. Sheriff Rogers was keeping the men in the county jail until such time as their trial could take place. However, a mob surrounded...

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