Mob-Violence

Leo Frank Lynched by Antisemitic Mob After Governor Commutes Sentence: Only Jewish Lynching in U.S. History

1915-08-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Thirty-one-year-old Leo Frank, a Jewish factory superintendent, was kidnapped from prison in Milledgeville, Georgia, and lynched by an antisemitic mob calling themselves “The Knights of Mary Phagan”—the only Jewish lynching in U.S. history. In spring 1913, thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan, …

Leo Frank William J. Simmons Knights of Mary Phagan Georgia Governor racial-politics antisemitism mob-violence kkk justice-system-failure

Abolitionist Editor Elijah Lovejoy Murdered by Pro-Slavery Mob; No Prosecutions Follow

1837-11-07 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Presbyterian minister and abolitionist newspaper editor Elijah Parish Lovejoy is murdered by a pro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois, struck by five bullets while defending his printing press from destruction. The murder of Lovejoy—whose fourth printing press had been hidden in a warehouse owned by …

Elijah Parish Lovejoy Pro-slavery mob Alton, Illinois authorities John Quincy Adams John Brown +1 more anti-abolition-violence press-freedom mob-violence slave-power impunity +1 more