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James Thomas

Name:: James Thomas
Record Type:: Documented
Espy File Record:: false
State:: Alabama
Date Execution:: 1897-07-09
Race:: Black
Crime Convicted of:: Other
Enslaved:: false
Compensation Case:: false
Execution Method:: Hanging
Jurisdiction:: Extrajudicial
County:: Jefferson
County FIPS Code:: 01073
Notes:: Lynched for "refusing to give evidence."
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