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Poster
The 1875 Pensacola lynchings and the "Right Way" to protest racial injustice
University of West Florida Libraries
Student Scholar Symposium & Faculty Research Showcase (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 2021)
2021
Abstract
In August 1875, two Black men suspected of raping a white woman In Escambia County, Florida were pulled from their jail cell in the middle of the night and hanged near Pensacola's Seville Square. The 100-person mob then riddled their bodies with bullets. In the following days, racial tensions nearly boiled over as a local black militia was met by armed white residents called into service by Pensacola's mayor, a former Confederate colonel. This event was the first recorded lynching in Pensacola and presaged the campaign of terror and disenfranchisement that would be waged against Black residents in subsequent decades.
Details
- Title
- The 1875 Pensacola lynchings and the "Right Way" to protest racial injustice
- Resource Type
- Poster
- Event
- Student Scholar Symposium & Faculty Research Showcase (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 2021)
- Contributors
- Dr. Jamin Wells (Faculty Mentor)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries; Argo Scholar Commons
- Format
- 1 file; .pdf
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries to digitize and/or display this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380090793106600
- Academic Unit
- History and Philosophy; College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities; Office of Undergraduate Research; 2021 Student Scholars Symposium and Faculty Research Showcase
- Language
- English