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Joseph Torney

Name:: Joseph Torney
Record Type:: Documented
Espy File Record:: false
State:: Alabama
Date Execution:: 1888-07-14
Race:: Black
Crime Convicted of:: Other
Enslaved:: false
Compensation Case:: false
Execution Method:: Hanging
Jurisdiction:: Extrajudicial
County:: Unknown
County FIPS Code:: 00000
Notes:: Torney was lynched for miscegenation. Unsure where or what county the town listed, Greenport, is located.
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