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Georgia National Guard report regarding lynching near Sale City

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Georgia National Guard report regarding lynching of Jet Hicks near Sale City on November 8, 1906A National Guard company from Moultrie was detailed to take into protective custody an African-American prisoner accused of killing a white man, J.A. Ackridge, only to find upon arriving that the prisoner had already been lynched.

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Georgia Archives

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. Georgia
  2. Georgia. National Guard
  3. Lynching
  4. Race Relations

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