A Partial List of African Americans Lynched in the United States Since 1859

A Partial Listing of Negroes
Lynched in the United States Since 1859

|| Alabama || Arkansas || California || Delaware || Florida || Georgia || Illinois || Indiana || Iowa || Kansas || || Kentucky || || Louisiana || Maryland || Mississippi || Missouri || Nebraska || New Mexico || New York || || North Carolina || || Ohio || Oklahoma || Oregon || Pennsylvania || South Carolina || Tennessee || Texas || || Virginia || Washington || West Virginia || Wyoming ||

SOURCE: 100 Years of Lynching, Ralph Ginzburg, Black Classic Press; Lynching in the New South, W. Fitzhugh Brundage, University of Illinois Press Lynching Home

Partial Listing of African Americans Lynched in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Kansas

Illinois

Edward Brown, specific locality unknown, September 4, 1902
Scott Burton, Springfield, August 15, 1908
Sam Bush, Decatur, June 3, 1893
Allen Butler, Lawrenceville, July 14, 1893
George Donigan, Springfield, August 16, 1908
Woodford Hughes, specific locality unknown, February 26, 1902
William Jones, Cairo, November 3, 1909
I. D. Mayfield, Danville, July 23, 1903
Edward Person, Paris, October 12, 1942
Robert P. Praeger, Collinsville, April 4, 1918
F. W. Stewart, Iacon, November 7, 1898
Joseph Strands, Johnston City, June 10, 1915
Hallery Willis, Camp Ellis, November 7, 1943
Peter Willis, Sarsaw, July 20, 1889
David Wyatt, Bellville, June 6, 1903
Unknown Negro, Thebes, April 26, 1903
Two Unknown Negroes, Tamms, September 12, 1913

Indiana

James Dillard, Sullivan, November 20, 1902
Thomas Henderson, Rockport, December 16, 1900
James Jennings, specific locality unknown, May 22, 1891
Eli Ladd, Blountsville, February 8, 1890
John Rollo, Bonneville, December 17, 1900
Bud Rowland, Rockport, December 16, 1900
Thomas Shipp, Marion, August 7, 1930
Abraham Smith, Marion, August 7, 1930
Henry Smith, specific locality unknown, November 18, 1890
George Ward, Terre Haute, February 26, 1901

Iowa

William Heffen, Moscoe, August 5, 1901
George Smith, specific locality unknown, January 15, 1889
Unknown Negro, Mitchelville, January 18, 1896

Kansas