$1000 Damages
November 24, 1900
Summary
A black man, his “white daughter-in-law,” and son are receiving $1000 “for personal injuries sustained at the hands of a mob of whites,” after the “Smith anti-lynching law” is implemented.
Transcription
$1000 Damages
The Smith Anti-Lynching Law Works.
Bellefontaine, O.—Edward Jackson has secured a verdict of $1000 against the Logan county commissioners, under Hon. Harry C. Smith’s anti-lynching law, for personal injuries sustained at the hands of a mob of whites brutes in West Liberty in November, 1899, when he and Nellie Jackson, his white daughter-in-law, and David Rickman, were taken from jail, tarred and feathered, ducked in a pond and beaten with clubs and made to walk eight miles without clothing. All brought suit, but the only one has been tried. Jackson is 70 years of age. He and Rickman are Afro-Americans, the former being fairly well-to-do.
The Smith Anti-Lynching Law Works.
Bellefontaine, O.—Edward Jackson has secured a verdict of $1000 against the Logan county commissioners, under Hon. Harry C. Smith’s anti-lynching law, for personal injuries sustained at the hands of a mob of whites brutes in West Liberty in November, 1899, when he and Nellie Jackson, his white daughter-in-law, and David Rickman, were taken from jail, tarred and feathered, ducked in a pond and beaten with clubs and made to walk eight miles without clothing. All brought suit, but the only one has been tried. Jackson is 70 years of age. He and Rickman are Afro-Americans, the former being fairly well-to-do.
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Upper Right Quadrant
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Elizabeth Lopez-Lopez
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“$1000 Damages,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed December 11, 2025, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/1334.