Robert Harris
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Full Name
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Robert Harris
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Biography
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On July 13th, 1898, Robert Harris, around 30 years old, was lynched in Coaling, Alabama, by a railroad by an unknown amount of white townspeople after being accused of assaulting two white women. Harris was said to be accompanied by another African-American man, Sidney Johnson. Robert Harris was a six-foot, mixed man supposedly from Perry County.
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Documented or Attempted
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Documented
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Birth Date
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Circa 1868
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County of Birth; County of Death
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N/A; Tuscaloosa County
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Death Date
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July 13, 1898
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Age at Death
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30
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Race
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Black
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Sex
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Male
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Researchers
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Jashon Griffin, Mariska Perdick
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Case Number
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AMP 125-18980713-002
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Identified by:
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Alabama Memory Project
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Items with "Lynching Event Data for: Robert Harris"
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