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lynching of Charlotte Harris

6 mars 1878 · 38.45° N, 78.87° W

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6 mars 1878
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38.45° N, 78.87° W
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lynching in 1878, near Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States

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Lynching of Charlotte Harris

Lynching in 1878, near Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States

Charlotte Harris was an African-American woman who was lynched by a white mob on March 6, 1878, near Harrisonburg, in Rockingham County, Virginia. Harris was hanged after being accused of burning a barn belonging to a wealthy white family. Her body was left to hang from a tree for two days in full view of the roadway.

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