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
Lewis Edwards
Wayne County
Georgia
October 14
1888
For murder
Bill Johnson
Pulaski County
Georgia
October 13
1888
For alleged rape
Sam Long
Colquitt County
Georgia
September 5
1888
For rape
Henry Pope
Chattooga County
Georgia
May 1
1888
For rape
Tom Ruffin
Dade County
Georgia
March 8
1888
For attempted rape
Tom Smith
Wilkes County
Georgia
December 1
1888
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