Homicídio

Lynching of Richard Puryear

1894 · 40.99° N, 75.19° W

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1894
Tipo
Homicídio
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40.99° N, 75.19° W
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1894 lynching of African American man in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S
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Lynching of Richard Puryear

1894 lynching of African American man in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.

The lynching of Richard Puryear took place on March 15, 1894, at Stroudsburg, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. A mostly white mob seized and hanged Richard Puryear, a Black railroad worker accused of murdering a white storekeeper, after he escaped from prison. A grand jury investigated the lynching, but no members of the mob faced criminal charges or convictions in Puryear's murder.

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