Lynching of Albert Williams
1927 in Florida1927 murders in the United StatesLevy County, FloridaLynching deaths in FloridaMurdered African-American people ... and 3 more
People murdered in FloridaRace-related controversies in the United StatesRacially motivated violence against African Americans
Albert Williams was an African-American man who was lynched by a mob in Chiefland, Florida, on July 21, 1927.John R. Steelman, who wrote his PhD dissertation on "mob action in the South", listed Albert Williams, and cited a local newspaper: "Albert Williams, charged with assault on a turpentine operator, was shot to death by a mob. The trouble is said to have arisen over a debt which Williams owed the white man."
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