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
George Rouse
Dooly County
Georgia
March 15
1885
For murder
Peter Stamps
Douglas County
Georgia
July 24
1885
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