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Description: Negro Lynched for "Voudou"

Date: May 8 1877

Newspaper published in: Macon, GA

Page/Column: 2/1

A negro in Bucklin, Missouri, was a "Voudou," according to the superstitious belief of his neighbors. An entire family died in one week, and he was accused of killing them by witchcraft. A mob took him out of his cabin at night, hanged him, and buried his body twenty feet deep under huge stones. This was done to prevent his getting out and harming his murderers.

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