May 6, 1885 – Vicksburg, Mississippi: Elderly Chinese Man Lynched on False Charge
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Narrative
In May 1885 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, an elderly Chinese farmer was lynched based on a false accusation by a six-year-old girl. A mob hanged him from a tree. Although he survived a fall, they hanged him again and he died. This rare Southern lynching of a Chinese immigrant shows how prejudice could lead to deadly violence on baseless charges.
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