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lynching of John Evans

12 nov. 1914 · 27.77° N, 82.64° W

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12 nov. 1914
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Meurtre
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27.77° N, 82.64° W
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lynching in 1914, in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States

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Lynching of John Evans

African American who was lynched in the U.S.

On Thursday, November 12, 1914, John Evans, a black man, was lynched in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, by a mob of 1,500 white men, women and children. Evans was accused of the murder of Edward Sherman, a white real estate developer, and the attack of Sherman's wife, Mary. After word of the attack spread, and Mary Sherman claimed her attackers were "two negroes," a citywide search ensued.

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