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Eli Hilson
Lincoln County, Mississippi
December 23, 1903
Eli Hilson, a farmer in Lincoln County, Mississippi, was
murdered because he did not limit his aspirations to laboring for
whites. His independence was unacceptable to "whitecaps". He was
warned to leave town, but remained on his place. He was assassinated while
on the way home from town alone in his buggy.

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