1929-06-02 "Negro Drowned by Florida Mob After Hands Are Severed" in The Tampa Tribune

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1929-06-02 "Negro Drowned by Florida Mob After Hands Are Severed" in The Tampa Tribune

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An article in The Tampa Tribune, published in Tampa, Florida on June 2, 1929 "Negro Drowned by Florida Mob After Hands Are Severed". Jim Mobley, a seventy-two year old African-American man was "found in company with a white woman". Subsequently, a group of white men from near Jennings, Florida "manhandled" him, cut off his hands, and dumped his body in the Suwannee River.

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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies

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1929.06.02_Mobley_The_Tampa_Tribune

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Citation

The Tampa Tribune, “1929-06-02 "Negro Drowned by Florida Mob After Hands Are Severed" in The Tampa Tribune,” Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies Archive, accessed May 29, 2023, https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/40503.