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“KILLING THEM BY THE WHOLESALE”
A LY N C H I N G R A M P A G E I N S O U T H G E O R G I A
By Christopher c. Myers
-Breana Thomas, Elaina Lovett, Sidney Hutchins, Nick Ragan
-Lynching is the practice whereby a mob usually several dozen or several hundred people take the law into its own hands in order to injure and kill a person accused of some wrong-doing. The alleged offense can range from a serious crime like theft or murder to a mere violation of local customs and sensibilities.
MAY 1918
• Local Towns People followed the story and the saga of Sidney Johnson was coming to an end.
• Exchange of gunfire Dixon Smith and both Dampier brothers were wounded.
A LO N G H I S T O RY I N T H E U . S M O B V I O L E N C E A N D LY N C H I N G ' S
• Thousands of men, women, and children were lynched between 1880 -1930 two sociologists call this the “lynching era.”
• Throughout this era there was no clear definition of lynching's or understanding of what exactly constituted of a lynching's,
MOB VIOLENCE
• Hangings were often accompanied by beatings, shootings, burnings, and sadistic torture.
• Lynch mobs showed racial hatred with impunity, brutality, barbarity, and sadism.
MOB VICTIMS
• Outside the south and border states, 83% of mob victims were white.
• In the south and border states, the overwhelming majority of victims, 85%- were black.
• Brooks county/named after South Carolina, congressman Preston Brooks, established a reputation second to none in Georgia for Race Violence.
1918 LYNCHING'S
• The number of victims-at least thirteen, served to confirm Brooks County's reputation as the most mob-prone region in Georgia
• 1880 and 1930 victims died this single incident which was literally a lynching rampage.
LYNCHING'S IN THE NEW SOUTH
HAMPTON SMITH
• A 31 year old white farmer.• Sidney Johnson’s employer• Had a well deserved reputation as a
harsh boss• He frequently beat and abused his
workers
SIDNEY JOHNSON & HAMPTON SMITH
• Sidney Johnson quickly learned smiths management style
• Johnson experienced poor treatment that included frequent beatings
MAY 13,1918
• Several of Hampton’s workers met in the Turners house on the evening of May 13,1918 to plan Smiths murder.
• Sidney Johnson, the Turners, and at least two other employers Will Thompson and will head were involved in this plan to murder Smith.
• Eugene Rice and Julius Jones, may have been involved
THE DEATH OF MARY TURNER
WILL HEAD
• The first of the mobs victims was Will Head
• Head was captured early Friday morning, May 17 near Barney
• Head provided the mob with details to kill Smith
• He was taken to Troupville, about five miles from Valdosta in neighboring Lowndes county
JULIUS JONES
• Was captured the following Friday of Thompson and Heads death
• He was in Savannah news May 19,1918• Also mentioned in the Thomasville Daily
Times Enterprise may 18,1918• Savannah tribune May 25,1918
1880-1930
• Ten women were lynched
• In the midst of this rampage the bodies of three unidentified black men were taken from the Little River below Barney and were lynched.