For miscegenation.
Stamps had been a secret
lover of his white
employer's 16 year old
daughter For about a year
before impregnating her.
Though the girl refused
to accuse him of rape he
became the victim of a
lynch mob. The girl
eventually committed sui
Jack Johnson
Carroll County
Georgia
August 20
1884
For rape. Johnson was
shot to death by a gang
of blacks who had waited
outside the jail until
Johnson was allowed to
relieve himself.
(Lynching in the New
South