May 16, 2019 · The lynching of Henry Smith, a Black laborer in Paris, Texas, on February 1, 1893, was extraordinarily grotesque. Accused of raping and murdering a four-year-old girl, Smith was hunted down by a posse.

Sep 8, 2023 · The public lynching of Henry Smith in Paris, Lamar County, Texas in 1893 was detailed in a commemorative book by his murderers.

Henry E. Smith is the Fessenden Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he directs the Project on the Foundations of Private Law. Previously, he taught at the Northwestern University School of Law and was the Fred A. Johnston Professor of Property and Environmental Law at Yale Law School.

Oct 11, 2017 · On Friday, February 3, 1893, Henry Smith was lynched in Paris, Texas, in front of an estimated 15,000 spectators. His death was one of the earliest spectacle lynchings on record. The heinousness of Smith’s death captured the attention of journalist and anti-lynching advocate Ida …

More than six million African Americans fled the South in the first half of the 20th century. Terror lynchings and other racial violence played a key role in this forced migration of Black Americans to the North and West. Many fled in fear for their lives. 10,000 people gathered to watch Henry Smith’s lynching.

Paris, Texas, Feb. 1, 1893.—Henry Smith, the negro ravisher of 4-year-old Myrtle Vance, has expiated in part his awful crime by death at the stake. Ever since the perpetration of his awful crime this city and the entire surrounding country has been in a wild frenzy of excitement.

City: Paris, Texas County: Lamar County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: Burned Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching, Equal Justice Initiative, Tuskegee Institute

Mar 24, 2017 · Explore the life and legacy of Henry Smith, the first American governor of Texas, his role in the independence movement, and his contributions to the early governance of Texas.

Oct 28, 2016 · In addition, lynching and the era of racial terror inflicted deep trauma and psychic wounds on survivors, families, and entire communities. In 1893, 17-year-old Henry Smith, who was Black, was accused of killing a three-year-old white girl in Paris, Texas.

Feb 21, 2020 · On February 6, 1893, the governor of Texas, James Hogg, referred to the lynching of Henry Smith as a “terrible holocaust” and railed against mob violence in the state.”