Lynching of John Tucker

Quand

1845

Type

Meurtre

Coordonnées

39.77° N, 86.16° W

Description

1845 murder in Indianpolis, Indiana, U.S

Date from

year in its Wikidata description

1845 murder in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.

John Tucker was the victim of a racial terror lynching that took place on July 4, 1845, in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Tucker was a free Black man, a husband and a father, who was working as a farmer at the time of his death. Tucker was attacked and killed by three drunken white men in front of a crowd. Two of the men were arrested for Tucker's murder, but only one was convicted.

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