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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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