Lynching of Michael Green explained

Location:Near Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Michael Green was an African American man who was lynched by a band of masked men near Upper Marlboro, Maryland on September 1, 1878.[1]

Green was arrested for assaulting Miss Alice Sweeny on August 26, 1878, and held at the jail in Upper Marlboro.[1] Threats of lynching were openly made and were held off by the vigilance of Sheriff James N.W. Wilson.[1] [2] After several days, a band of masked men removed Green from the jail, placed a noose around his neck and hung him 15 feet in the air from a tree outside of town.[1] His body remained dangling from the tree and was observed the next morning.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Lynching at Upper Marlboro. May 13, 2015. The Kent News. September 7, 1878.
  2. Web site: Sheriffs, Prince George's County, Maryland. 2021-08-04. msa.maryland.gov.