Bill Thomas

Full Name: Bill Thomas
Victim Profile: Bill Thomas
Biography: On November 11,1881, Bill Thomas, age unknown, was nearly lynched in Tuscaloosa. While attending a circus, Bill had a verbal altercation with a white man and was shot several times. He was taken to the city jail, where he contracted pneumonia and died. Bill Thomas lived in Hale County, Alabama.
Documented or Attempted: Attempted
Birth Date: N/A
County of Birth; County of Death: N/A; Tuscaloosa County
Death Date: November 25, 1881
Date of Attempted Lynching: November 11, 1881
Race: Black
Sex: Male
Researchers: Emily Keller
Case Number: AMP541-18811111-000
Identified by:: Alabama Memory Project