Mary Turner
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Mary Turner
Mary Turner (died 1918) was an African-American victim of lynching in Valdosta, Georgia.
In May, 1918, 31-year old white plantation owner Hampton Smith, known to abuse and beat his workers, was shot and killed by one of his black workers on the plantation, 19-year old Sydney Johnson. After a few days on the plantation, Johnson had been beaten by Smith for not working while he was sick.[1]
A week-long mob-driven manhunt soon ensued, in which at least 11 people were killed; among those killed was another black man, Hayes Turner. Distraught, his eight-month pregnant wife Mary publicly opposed her husband's murder and threatened to have members of the mob arrested. This caused the mob to turn against her.[1] She was taken from her home by a mob of several hundred, had her ankles tied, was hung upside down from a tree, doused in gasoline and motor oil and set on fire.[2]
While Turner was still alive, a member of the mob split her abdomen open with a knife. Her unborn child fell on the ground, where it was stomped on and crushed. Finally, Turner's body was riddled with bullets.[3]
After the incident, the Associated Press wrote that Mary Turner had made "unwise remarks" about the execution of her husband, and that "the people, in their indignant mood, took exception to her remarks, as well as her attitude".[4]
See also
- Nadir of American race relations
- Mass racial violence in the United States: War and Inter-War Period: 1914 - 1945
References
- ^ a b Remembering Mary Turner
- ^ Re-Living Memories: Picturing Death - IJELE: ART EJOURNAL OF THE AFRICAN WORLD
- ^ White, Walter F (1918-09). "The work of a mob". The Crisis 16 (5): pp. 221–223. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZVoEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA209&pg=PA221#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ^ The Culture of Make Believe By Derrick Jensen, page ix
External links
- Remembering Mary Turner
- Contemporary account of Walter White in The Crisis
- The Anti-Lynching Crusaders, Digital History
- Mary Turner and the Memory of Lynching
- Mary Turner at Find A Grave
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