Global InformationLynching of Bayner Blackwell information
| Part of Jim Crow Era | |
| Date | August 6, 1922 |
|---|---|
| Location | Swansboro, Onslow County, North Carolina |
| Deaths | Bayner Blackwell |
Bayner Blackwell[1] (Multiple names were used including Jim Blackledge[2] and M. Blackleg[3]) was an African-American man who was lynched in Swansboro, Onslow County, North Carolina by a group of men on August 6, 1922. According to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary it was the 44th of 61 lynchings during 1922 in the United States. [4]
- ^ The Pensacola Journal, August 10, 1922, p. 1.
- ^ The Independent, August 18, 1922, p. 3.
- ^ Hickory Daily Record, August 10, 1922, p. 1.
- ^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary 1926, p. 17.