What the records say
- When
- 26 Feb 1901
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 39.47° N, 87.39° W
- Description
- lynching of a black man in Indiana
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Lynching of George Ward
Lynching of a black man in Indiana
A mob of white Vigo County, Indiana, residents lynched George Ward, a black man, on February 26, 1901, in Terre Haute, Indiana, for the suspected murder of a white woman. An example of a spectacle lynching, the event was public in nature and drew a crowd of over 1,000 white participants.
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