Lynching by State and Race

Alabama	48	299	347*
Arizona	31	0	31
Arkansas	58	226	284*
California	41	2	43
Colorado	66	2	68
Delaware	0	1	1
Florida	24	257	282*
Georgia	39	491	530*
Idaho	20	0	20
Illinois	15	19	34
Indiana	33	14	47
Iowa	17	2	19
Kansas	35	19	54
Kentucky	63	142	205*
Louisiana	56	335	391*
Maryland	2	27	29
Michigan	7	1	8
Minnesota	5	4	9
Mississippi	40	538	578*
Missouri	53	69	122*
Montana	82	2	84
Nebraska	52	5	57
Nevada	6	0	6
New Jersey	0	1	1
New Mexico	33	3	36
New York	1	1	2
North Carolina	15	85	100*
North Dakota	13	3	16
Ohio	10	16	26
Oklahoma	82	40	122*
Oregon	20	1	21
Pennsylvania	2	6	8
South Carolina	4	156	160
South Dakota	27	0	27
Tennessee	47	204	251*
Texas	141	352	493*
Utah	6	2	8
Vermont	1	0	1
Virginia	17	83	100*
Washington	25	1	26
West Virginia	20	28	48
Wisconsin	6	0	6
Wyoming	30	5	35
Total	1,294	3,442	4,736

* Mostly states of the Old Confederacy, with Mississippi, Georgia, and Texas the worst of the lot.

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updated 1 October 2007

The corpses of five African American males, Nease Gillepsie, John Gillepsie, "Jack" Dillingham, Henry Lee, and George Irwin with onlookers.

August 6, 1906. Salisbury, North Carolina.
Gelatin silver print. Real photo postcard. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in

FROM KLUTTZ'S STUDIO E. Council St., near Court House, SALISBURY, N.C.
The mob numbered into the thousands that wrenched five black men from the civil authorities of Salisbury, North Carolina on the night of August 3, 1906. They accused the men of murdering members of a local family, named Lyerly.

The New York Times reported that the victims were tortured with knives before being hanged and then riddled with bullets. The authorities in North Carolina, alarmed at what was one of the largest multiple lynchings of the 20th century, took unusual steps to punish the leaders of the mob.

After the Governor ordered the National Guard to restore order, local officials arrested more than two-dozen suspected leaders. One of the killers, George Hall, was convicted and sentenced to 15 years at a hard labor in the state penitentiary. The New York Times predicted that, by taking these measures, North Carolina's Governor Glenn was not improving his political prospects.

Source: Withoutsanctuary