What the records say
- When
- 15 Jan 1901
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 39.31° N, 94.92° W
- Description
- lynching in 1901, in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Lynching of Fred Alexander
1901 lynching in Kansas, US
The lynching of Fred Alexander was committed by a mob in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States on January 15, 1901, after he was arrested for rape and murder. He was killed when he was burned alive while tied to a metal rail. The Democratic Party-allied newspaper had been fomenting fear of African Americans as libidinous sexual predators.
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