Lynchings in Florida, 1881-1935

In 1911, the New York Times printed this racist apologia by Gov. Emmet O'Neal of Alabama. The NYT had taken an interest in lynching previously, as in these 1895 editorials here and here. This blog article therefore links primarily to NYT articles that reported lynching. The table below contains links to articles concerning 36 lynchings that took place in Florida between 1881 and 1935:

Key: B = black, W = white, m = male, f = female, bs = bullets shot into victim’s body, bb = body burned, bm = body mutilated, n/a = details not available, Ita = Italians, fb = foreign-born white

Year	Place	City/County	Victims	Perps	Atrocities
1881	Volusia County	Volusia Co.	2 ?	n/a	n/a
1882	Madison	Madison	2 Bm	100 persons	n/a
1891	Live Oak	Suwannee	2 Bm	100 Wm mob	bs
1895	Newnansville	Alachua	1 Bm	n/a	bs
1897	Orange Dale	St Augustine	1 Bm	Wm “Posse”	n/a
1899	Dunnellon	Ocala	2 Bm	“Posse” Bm	n/a
1901	Hastings	St Johns Co	2 Bm	Wm	n/a
1903	Lake Butler	Bradford Co.	1 Bm	Bm Mob	bm
1904	Perry	Taylor County	1 Bm	100 Wm	n/a
1906	Fort Gardner	Polk	2 Bm	200 Wm	bs
1908	Newberry	Gainesville	1 ?	200 ?	n/a
1909	Camden	Jacksonville	1 Bm	Wm “mob”	n/a
1909	Tallahassee	Tallahassee	1 Bm	15 Wm	bs
1909	Bartow	Polk	1 Bm	Wm Posse	bs?
1909	Lakeland	Gainesville	1 Bm	25 Wm Posse	bs
1909	Pensacola	Pensacola	1 Bm	25 Wm	bs
1910	Bonifay	Holmes Co	2 Bm	Wm	n/a
1910	Tampa	Tampa	2 Wm (Ita)	n/a	n/a
1911	Lake City	Columbia Co.	6 Bm	Wm Tallahassee	bs
1913	Yellow River	Clay Co	1 Bm	Wm Posse	bm
1914	St Petersburg	Pinellas Co.	1 Bm	1500 Wm Wf	n/a
1915	Sparr	Marion Co.	1 Bm	Wm Mob	n/a
1916	Newberry	Gainesville	3 Bm, 2 Bf	200 Wm	n/a
1920	Ocoee	Orange	4+ Bm	Ethnic Cleansed	n/a
1920	MacClenny	Baker Co	3 Bm	Wm	n/a
1921	Starke	Bradford Co.	1 Bm	Wm	n/a
1922	Lake Jennie Jewel	Orlando	1 Bm	Wm Mob	n/a
1922	Mayo	Lafayette	1 Bm	Wm Mob	bs
1924	Fort Myers	Lee County	2 Bm	Wm Mob	bs
1925	Longwood	Seminole Co.	1 Bm	Wm mob	bs
1926	Labelle	Hendry Co.	1 Bm	Wm	n/a
1930	Plant City	Hillsborough Co	1 Wm	Wm fb	n/a
1931	Blountstown	Calhoun Co.	2 Bm	Wm	n/a
1934	Tampa	Tampa	1 Bm	Wm	n/a
1934	Marianna	Jackson	1 Bm	Wm	n/a
1935	Fort Lauderdale	Fort Lauderdale	1 Bm	100 Wm	n/a

see also Rosewood