Killing of Tom Scott in Alabama in 1935

Incident

Case summary

Tom Scott, a sharecropper, was killed in 1935 by a white man in Lowndes County, Alabama. The white man cut Scott, hung him on a pine tree limb, and shot him to death.

Victim(s):

Tom Scott


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Perpetrator group type: hate group

Date of incident: 1935-04-07
Location: Letohatchee, Lowndes County, Alabama
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Allegation against victim: fighting with a white man

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