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Full Name
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Ben Knox
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Biography
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On December 5, 1901, Ben Knox, 57 years old, was shot in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, by a white civilian who was recently deputized as a local sheriff. Ben Knox and unnamed Black man were accused of threatening the white watchman at the Tuscaloosa Oil Mill. Posthumously, Ben Knox was accused of killing a police officer in another state, but he was later found innocent. Ben Knox was a widower and tenant farmer who lived in Knoxville, Alabama, with his daughter, Ida, and his grandson, Willie Knox.
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Documented or Attempted
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Documented
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Birth Date
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September, 1844
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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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December 5, 1901
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Age at Death
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57
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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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Emily Keller
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Case Number
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AMP541-19101205-000
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Identified by:
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Alabama Memory Project
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Child
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Ida Knox
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All other relatives
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Willie Knox
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Occupation
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Tenant Farmer
