What the records say
- When
- 1897
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 38.20° N, 75.69° W
- Description
- 1897 lynching in Princess Anne, Maryland
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Placed at the town its description names, Princess Anne.
Lynching of William Andrews
1897 lynching in Princess Anne, Maryland
William Andrews was an African American laborer who was lynched by a white mob in Princess Anne, Maryland on June 9, 1897. Andrews, then 17, was tried, convicted, and hanged all in one day after being accused of assaulting Mrs. Benjamin T. Kelley.
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