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Anthony Crawford (ca. 1865 – October 21, 1916) was an African American man who was killed by a lynch mob in Abbeville, South Carolina on October 21, 1916.
Anthony Crawford was lynched in 1916 in Abbeville, SC by a crowd estimated to be between 200 and 400 blood-thirsty white people. His crime you might ask? Cursing a white man for offering him a low price for the cotton seed he was trying to sell and being too rich for a Negro.
In 1916 in Abbeville, SC, a black man could be lynched for standing up for himself. This is Anthony Crawford’s story, as told by his great-great-granddaughter. For more information, visit:...
On Oct. 21, 1916, successful African American entrepreneur and community leader Anthony P. Crawford was murdered by a lynch mob in Abbeville, South Carolina.
25 de ago. de 2023 · Anthony Crawford was a very successful Black entrepreneur, whose life took a tragic turn in 1916 when a disagreement over cottonseed prices led to his arrest and, ultimately, his lynching at the hands of a white mob.
20 de oct. de 2016 · Doria Dee Johnson holds up a picture of her great-great-grandfather, Anthony P. Crawford, at her Alexandria, Va., home April 10, 2001. Crawford, a wealthy black farmer in Abbeville, S.C, was lynched by a white mob in 1916. His children inherited his 427-acre cotton farm but lost it when they couldn’t pay off a small bank loan.
Doria Dee Johnson remembering her great-great-grandfather Anthony Crawford, who was lynched in 1916 in Abbeville, SC.
