Woodson

Woodson, a Black man, was held in the Murfreesboro jail in Tennessee when a mob took him from the jail on a Thursday night in August 1875 and lynched him. The Pulaski Citizen's editor wrote that the courts should have decided his case and that lynching was not acceptable in Tennessee, where the courts were open.

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

Reported by: Murfreesboro, Tennessee newspaper editor (reporters).

Source

• The Pulaski Citizen, August 19, 1875, page 2 The Pulaski Citizen, August 19, 1875