Photograph of the lynched bodies of four men
date: label: Date
content: 1892; printed ca. 1901
name: label: Created by
content: Dieudonné Liebrecht, Belgian, born 1840
label: Subject of
content: Jerry Williams, American, died 1892
label: Subject of
content: George Davis, American, died 1892
label: Subject of
content: Willie Williams, American, died 1892
label: Subject of
content: Albert Robertson, American, died 1892
notes: label: Caption
content: These four men, Jerry Williams, George Davis, Willie Williams, and Albert Robertson, were lynched in Iverness, Florida on April 19, 1892 after being implicated in the murders of two men, identified as Paymaster Stevenson and Mail Carrier Payne, bosses at the phosphate mine where the men were employed. According to a newspaper report from the St. Paul Daily Globe, "A mob surrounded the jail, overpowered the sheriff and hanged the men to trees nearby."
label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print of the lynched bodies of Jerry Williams, George Davis, Willie Williams, and Albert Robertson. The bodies are pictured hanging by their necks from a tree in a wooded area; two bodies on the left side of the tree and two on the right. The photograph is matted in a light grey cardboard frame with a delicate scroll design around the edge of the photograph. An inscription on the verso, written by hand in ink, reads: ["A necktie party" in Florida (1901)].
place: label: Place captured
content: Inverness, Citrus County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Hate crimes
label: Topic
content: Lynching
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
label: Topic
content: Violence
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.44
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 6 3/8 x 4 5/16 in. (16.2 x 11 cm)