Murder

Watkinsville lynching

30 Jun 1905 · 33.86° N, 83.41° W

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When
30 Jun 1905
Kind
Murder
Coordinates
33.86° N, 83.41° W
Description
1905 Georgia mass lynching

Watkinsville lynching

1905 mass lynching in Georga, US

The Watkinsville lynching was a mass lynching that occurred in Watkinsville, Georgia, United States on June 30, 1905. The lynching, which saw a large mob seize nine men from a local jail and kill eight of them by gunfire, has been described as "one of the worst episodes of racial violence ever in Georgia."

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