Unidentified AMP125-18880404-002
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Full Name
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Unidentified AMP125-18880404-002
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Biography
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On April 4, 1888, an unidentified Black woman, age unknown, survived an attempted lynching by a group of three white men near Castle Hill, a historically Black neighborhood in Tuscaloosa. She was shot at several times without provocation and was the first victim of the mob in this attack. She was targeted in addition to Isreal Green and Isaac Craig, but no newspaper or record references her by name.
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Documented or Attempted
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Attempted
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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; N/A
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Death Date
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N/A
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Date of Attempted Lynching
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April 4, 1888
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Race
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Black
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Sex
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Female
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Researchers
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Abigail Wiest
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Case Number
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AMP 125-18880404-002
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Identified by:
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Alabama Memory Project