Lewis Austin
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Full Name
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Lewis Austin
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Biography
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On January 06, 1884, Lewis Austin, age unknown, was lynched in Tuscaloosa,
Alabama by a mob of white men after being accused of shooting the train
contractor during an altercation on the Georgia Pacific Railroad. More work is
needed to find out who Lewis Austin was before his life was taken from him
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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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January 6, 1884
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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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Tiara Pennington
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Case Number
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AMP541-18840106-000
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Identified by:
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Alabama Memory Project; Tiara Pennington
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Occupation
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Georgia Pacific Railroad Employee
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