Lynching of Manse Waldrop

Lynching of Manse Waldrop
Location	Pickens County, South Carolina, U.S.
Date	December 30, 1887;137 years ago (1887-12-30)
Target	Manse Waldrop
Attack type	Lynching
Victim	Manse Waldrop
Motive	Retaliation for the alleged rape and killing of a 14-year-old African-American girl

On December 30, 1887, in South Carolina, a white man named Manse Waldrop was lynched by a mostly African-American mob for allegedly raping and killing a 14-year-old African-American girl named Lula Sherman. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Baker, Bruce E. (September 1, 2005). "Lynch Law Reversed: The Rape of Lula Sherman, the Lynching of Manse Waldrop, and the Debate Over Lynching in the 1880s" . American Nineteenth Century History. 6 (3): 273–293. doi:10.1080/14664650500380993. S2CID   144435565 – via CrossRef.
2. Orr, Michaella. "Call My Name Resistance Tour: Cato Sherman - A Story About a Father Who Lost His Daughter and Gained Justice for Her". Upcountry Historical.