What the records say
- When
- 12 Nov 1914
- Kind
- Murder
- Killed
- 1
- Coordinates
- 27.77° N, 82.64° W
- Description
- lynching in 1914, in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Lynching of John Evans
African American who was lynched in the U.S.
On Thursday, November 12, 1914, John Evans, a black man, was lynched in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, by a mob of 1,500 white men, women and children. Evans was accused of the murder of Edward Sherman, a white real estate developer, and the attack of Sherman's wife, Mary. After word of the attack spread, and Mary Sherman claimed her attackers were "two negroes," a citywide search ensued.
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