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lynching of Henry Choate

13 nov. 1927 · 35.62° N, 87.04° W

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13 nov. 1927
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Meurtre
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35.62° N, 87.04° W
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lynching in 1927, in Columbia, Tennessee, United States

Lynching of Henry Choate

1927 lynching of a Black man in Tennessee

Henry Choate was an 18-year-old African-American teenager who was lynched by a mob in Columbia, Tennessee, on November 13, 1927. Choate was accused of having assaulted 16-year old Sarah Harlan, a white girl, and was taken to the Columbia jail, despite Harlan not being able to identify Choate as the attacker.

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