May 1918 lynchings

When

May 1918

Kind

Murder

Killed

13

Coordinates

33.00° N, 83.50° W

Description

13 African Americans were lynched in the U.S

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Violence following a murder in Georgia

On May 16, 1918, a plantation owner was murdered, prompting a manhunt which resulted in a series of lynchings in May 1918 in southern Georgia, United States. White people killed at least 13 black people during the next two weeks. Among those killed were Hazel "Hayes" Turner and his wife, Mary Turner.

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