Over a disputed debt.
Smith along with John
Coleman got caught in a
power struggle between
two white men over who
owned the sharecroppers'
cotton. One of the white
men provided the men with
guns to defend themselves
from a white mob who had
attempted to
Allen Sturgis
McDuffie County
Georgia
June 3
1888
For theft
Henry Burney
Laurens County
Georgia
January 13
1888
For theft
Edward Clark
Worth County
Georgia
June 26
1888
For attempted rape
John Coleman
Wilkes County
Georgia
December 1
1888
Over a disputed debt.
Coleman along with Tom
Smith got caught in a
power struggle between
two white men over who
owned the sharecroppers'
cotton. One of the white
men provided the men with
guns to defend themselves
from a white mob who had
attempted to