On August 26, 1874, 16 black men were held in the Gibson County Jail in Trenton, Tennessee. The men had been transferred to the neighboring jail from Picketsville after being accused of shooting two white men. However, in the early morning, a contingent of 400 to 500 masked men rode into town with shotguns and […]
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