Lynching of Michael Green | |
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Location | Near Upper Marlboro, Maryland |
Date | September 1, 1878; 145 years ago (1878-09-01) |
Michael Green was an African American man who was lynched by a band of masked men near Upper Marlboro, Maryland on September 1, 1878. [1]
Green was arrested for assaulting Miss Alice Sweeny on August 26, 1878, and held at the jail in Upper Marlboro. [1] Threats of lynching were openly made and were held off by the vigilance of Sheriff James N.W. Wilson. [1] [2] After several days, a band of masked men removed Green from the jail, placed a noose around his neck and hung him 15 feet in the air from a tree outside of town. [1] His body remained dangling from the tree and was observed the next morning. [1]
Lynching of Michael Green | |
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Location | Near Upper Marlboro, Maryland |
Date | September 1, 1878; 145 years ago (1878-09-01) |
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Michael Green was an African American man who was lynched by a band of masked men near Upper Marlboro, Maryland on September 1, 1878. [1]
Green was arrested for assaulting Miss Alice Sweeny on August 26, 1878, and held at the jail in Upper Marlboro. [1] Threats of lynching were openly made and were held off by the vigilance of Sheriff James N.W. Wilson. [1] [2] After several days, a band of masked men removed Green from the jail, placed a noose around his neck and hung him 15 feet in the air from a tree outside of town. [1] His body remained dangling from the tree and was observed the next morning. [1]
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