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| − | '''David Alexander''' was a black man killed by a lynch-mob on [[April 5]], [[1909]], after he allegedly confessed to killing policeman [[J. D. Carter]].<ref>''[http://books.google.com/books?id=UZtZE8urrsYC&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=%22dave+alexander%22+pensacola+1909&source=web&ots=FDzTOjmyeO&sig=W5cljmDzRO4F8LRIQvBNj6shJVo Forgotten Heroes: Police Officers Killed in Early Florida, 1840-1925]'' William Wilbanks (1998)</ref> | + | '''David Alexander''' was a black man killed by a lynch-mob on [[April 5]], [[1909]], after he allegedly confessed to killing policeman [[J. D. Carter]].<ref>''[http://books.google.com/books?id=UZtZE8urrsYC&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=%22dave+alexander%22+pensacola+1909&source=web&ots=FDzTOjmyeO&sig=W5cljmDzRO4F8LRIQvBNj6shJVo Forgotten Heroes: Police Officers Killed in Early Florida, 1840-1925]''. William Wilbanks (1998)</ref> Unlike the lynching of [[Leander Shaw]] the previous summer, this lynching apparently had little popular support and was in fact sharply denounced by some citizens, including the Rabbi Schwartz of [[Temple Beth-El]].<ref>''Emergence of a City in the Modern South: Pensacola 1900-1945''. James R. McGovern (1976).</ref> |
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Revision as of 03:01, 8 December 2007
David Alexander was a black man killed by a lynch-mob on April 5, 1909, after he allegedly confessed to killing policeman J. D. Carter.[1] Unlike the lynching of Leander Shaw the previous summer, this lynching apparently had little popular support and was in fact sharply denounced by some citizens, including the Rabbi Schwartz of Temple Beth-El.[2]
References
- ↑ Forgotten Heroes: Police Officers Killed in Early Florida, 1840-1925. William Wilbanks (1998)
- ↑ Emergence of a City in the Modern South: Pensacola 1900-1945. James R. McGovern (1976).
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