Lynching of Samuel Smith
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Samuel Smith was a 15-year-old African-American youth who was lynched by a white mob, hanged and shot in Nolensville, Tennessee, on December 15, 1924. No one was ever convicted of the lynching. Smith's memory was honored in June 2017 with a plaque at St. Anselm Episcopal Church in Nashville; two other lynching victims from Nashville have also been memorialized there.
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Nolensville Road, Nashville-Davidson
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N 35.997777777778 ° | E -86.691388888889 ° |
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Nolensville Road
37027 Nashville-Davidson
Tennessee, United States
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