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'''Wesley Lawrence''' was a black man killed by a lynch-mob on the early morning of [[November 22]], [[1899]].[http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Base/8507/NLPlaces1.htm]
Lawrence had been accused, but neither charged nor convicted, of assaulting a Mrs. W. M. Bowman at her home in [[McDavid]]. A mob of armed citizens began a search for Lawrence, eventually locating him near Canoe, Alabama (near Atmore). They then carried him to Mrs. Bowman's home, where he was "positively identified"; he was then taken to a nearby tree, where "near midnight, he was swung up and his body literally riddled with bullets."<ref>"Lawrence Lynched." ''Pensacola Daily News'', November 22, 1899.</ref> 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.''
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[[Category:African Americans killed in racial violence|West, Lawrence]]
