Unidentified AMP541-18690424-004
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Full Name
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Unidentified AMP541-18690424-004
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Biography
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On April 24, 1869, 3-5 Unidentified Victims, ages unknown, were lynched in Moundville, AL, by a mob of white men. These individuals were targeted after being accused for the murder of a young white man of whom which nearly eight other Black men are also recorded to have been accused and murdered of this crime. These victims were lynched in what is known to be one of the largest mass lynching to be documented in Tuscaloosa County. Following the events of this three-to-four-day period of social unrest in Tuscaloosa these 3-5 Unidentified Victims stood in defense and refused to surrender to the mob before being lynched. These 3-5 Unidentified Victims were born during an era of slavery and survived through emancipation only to have their lives taken from them.
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Documented or Attempted
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Documented
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Birth Date
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N/A
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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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April 24, 1869
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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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Kaleb Sparks, Savannah Berryman, Kaitlin Truslow
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Case Number
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AMP541-18690424-004
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Identified by:
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Alabama Memory Project