Lynching of William Keemer

When

1875

Kind

Murder

Coordinates

39.79° N, 85.77° W

Description

lynching of a Black man in Indiana

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Lynching of a Black man in Indiana

William Keemer was the victim of a racial terror spectacle lynching in 1875 in Greenfield, Indiana. Keemer, a Black man, was dragged from his jail cell in Hancock County, Indiana on June 25, 1875, by a white mob from Hancock, Shelby, and Rush counties. Keemer was hanged at the Hancock County fairgrounds and over 1,000 people traveled to view the body.

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