Lynching of Michael Green

Michael Green was an African-American man lynched by a band of masked men near Upper Marlboro, Maryland. September 1, 1878^[1]

Green was arrested for assaulting Miss Alice Sweeny on August 26, 1878 and held at the jail in Upper Marlboro.^[1] Threats of lynching were openly made and were held off by the vigilance of the sheriff.^[1] After several days, a band of masked men removed Green from the jail, placed a noose around his neck and hung him 15 feet in the air from a tree outside of town.^[1] His body remained dangling from the tree and was observed the next morning.^[1]

External links

Resources relating to Michael Green at the Maryland State Archives

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Lynching at Upper Marlboro" (PDF). The Kent News. 7 September 1878. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

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