Murder by bludgeoning, lynching, extrajudicial killing, hanging, dragging
Weapon
Rope, sledgehammer, motor vehicle
Victim
Henry Choate, aged 18
Perpetrators
Mob of white residents in Columbia, Tennessee
Motive
Anti-black racism, retaliation against Choate for being accused of the assault of a white girl
Charges
None[1]
Henry Choate was an 18-year-old African-American teen who was lynched by a mob in Columbia, Tennessee, on November 13, 1927.[2] Choate was accused of having assaulted 16-year old Sarah Harlan, a white girl, and was taken to the Columbia jail, despite Harlan not being able to identify Choate as the attacker. A mob numbering hundreds of people sprang him from the jail, dragged him through the city behind a car, and then hanged him from the courthouse. During the lynching, Harlan's mother begged the mob to spare Choate's life. A grand jury declined to file any charges.[1]
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