Wesley Lawrence

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Wesley Lawrence
Died November 22, 1899
Pensacola

Wesley Lawrence was a black man killed by a lynch-mob on November 22, 1899.[1]

A. C. Brewton, Sr., a resident of McDavid, wrote to the Pensacola Daily News in support of the lynching:

I do not believe in lynch law, but I do believe in lynching the fiend that commits the crime that Wes Lawrence committed. I am 72 years and 7 months of age. I am one among the oldest citizens of Escambia County, but when I heard this morning that they had lynched the brute that committed the outrage on Mrs. W. M. Bowman, I was overflowed with joy.