William Thomas

William Thomas, a Black man, was taken from the jail at Paris, Kentucky, and hanged by a mob in March 1866. The Weekly North-Carolina Standard, in its 1867 account, gives the date as March 26, while The Tri-Weekly Standard places the killing in March 1866 within a list of racial killings in Kentucky. No one was reported punished for these killings.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: The Tri-Weekly Standard, citing a list of Kentucky outrages (reporters); 1867 newspaper account (reporters).

News reports (2)

• The Tri-Weekly Standard, October 19, 1867, page 1 The Tri-Weekly Standard, October 19, 1867
• The Weekly North-Carolina Standard, October 30, 1867, page 4 The Weekly North-Carolina Standard, October 30, 1867