The Portland Daily Press

SAVAGERY. Lynching of Incredible Cruelty in Georgia.

4/24/1899Portland, Maine Needs transcription Reconstruction (1865-1900) Lynching/Violence
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A graphic report on the lynching of Sam Hose, a Black man accused of murder and rape near Newnan, Georgia, detailing the extreme brutality of the mob.

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The Portland Daily Press, 24 April 1899, page 1, "SAVAGERY. Lynching of Incredible Cruelty in Georgia"; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-portland-daily-press-lynching-of-sam/176300792/ : accessed 18 August 2026).

APA 7th

SAVAGERY. Lynching of incredible cruelty in Georgia. (1899, April 24). The Portland Daily Press, p. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-portland-daily-press-lynching-of-sam/176300792/

MLA 9th

"SAVAGERY. Lynching of Incredible Cruelty in Georgia." The Portland Daily Press, 24 Apr. 1899, p. 1. Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-portland-daily-press-lynching-of-sam/176300792/.

Chicago

"SAVAGERY. Lynching of Incredible Cruelty in Georgia." The Portland Daily Press, April 24, 1899. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-portland-daily-press-lynching-of-sam/176300792/.

Sam HoseJonesBrownCranfordAtkinsonA. D. Freeman

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LynchingJim Crow
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