Lynching of Garfield King

Garfield King (c. 1880-May 25, 1898) was a black man lynched by a mob in Salisbury, Maryland.[1] He was hung next to the courthouse after he reportedly shot Herman Kenney, a 22-year-old white man with a revolver after arguing.[1]

Garfield King
Bornc. 1880
Died
Outside the courthouse in Salisbury, Maryland
Known forvictim of lynching
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Shortly after his murder on May 31, a group of local African-Americans convened in the John Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church and drafted a resolution condemning the lynching that was published in The Salisbury Advertiser on June 4, 1898.[1]

His murder and the murders of two other victims of lynching in Salisbury were memorialized by the erection of a plaque next to the old Salisbury courthouse on May 23, 2021[2] by the Salisbury Lynching Memorial Task Force and the Equal Justice Initiative.[3]

References
  1. "Garfield King (c. 1880-1898) MSA SC 3520-13747". Biographical Series. Archives of Maryland. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  2. Clark, Jordie (23 May 2021). "Victims of lynching in Salisbury, memorialized with a ceremon". ABC47 TV. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  3. Powers, Kelly (23 March 2021). "Salisbury task force sets date for lynching memorial marker downtown Kelly Powers". Salisbury Daily Times. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
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