Newspaper Article in The Orlando Sentinel

Content Warning: Materials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.

An article in The Orlando Sentinel, published in Orlando, Florida on February 22, 1929 "Lynching Evidence Not Sufficient". Eighteen-year-old African American man, Buster Adams was taken from the Hillsborough County, Florida jail in Tampa, to protect him from threatened mob violence after he was charged with attacking a thirteen-year-old white girl. Two men impersonating sheriff dupties with a suposed letter from the county sherrif took him from custody, murdered him, and buried his body buried him beneath a tree near Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida. This article reports that a jury found insufficient evidence to indict anyone responsible.

Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies

The donor retains full ownership of any copyright and rights currently controlled. Nonexclusive right to authorize uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. Usage of the materials for these purposes must be fully credited with the source. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials.

Text/pdf

Text

kc0046_19290222_fllynchings_9