Tom Roberts
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Full Name
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Tom Roberts
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Name Variations
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Tom Roberson, Tom Robertson
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Biography
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On May 13, 1869, Tom Roberts, age unknown, was lynched in front of the old State House afterbeing abducted from the Old Tuscaloosa jail by a white mob numbering between fifty and eighty men. He was one of eight black men targeted by lynch mobs in Tuscaloosa after being accused of participating in riots and murder. Roberts was a freedman and registered to vote starting in 1867.
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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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May 13, 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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AMP541-18690513-000
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Identified by:
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Alabama Memory Project
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