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Luther Holbert and his wife Doddsville
Doddsville, Mississippi
1918
Recorded by the Anti-Lynching Crusaders
Luther Holbert and his wife were burned at the stake in
1918 for the murder of a white planter... The planter was killed in a quarrel when he
ordered Holbert to leave his plantation. (After the murder) Holbert and
his wife fled the plantation but were brought back and burned in the
presence of a thousand people. There is nothing to indicate that Holbert's wife had
any part in the crime.

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