Carried His Murderer with Him
July 21, 1894
Summary
A black man, who wrote an insulting letter to the Superintendent of Schools, is lynched by a crowd of white men.
Transcription
Frank B hood of Liberty, MS, is no more. The end has come and devoted lover of his people that he was, she has gone to that reward which remaineth to the faithful.
It was a long time before we could realize that he was one and the same person who had subscribed to the Planet and forwarded the money there for. On inspection of our books told the story,- the name add Play Store responded,-” FB Hood, Liberty, MS.”
There was no mistake about it.
She was a teacher at that place and was charged with writing on insulting letter to the superintendent. This was presumed to be a sufficient cause for him to be regulated and about mid-day on July 2, 1894, a band of armed white men went after him to mete punishment.
Hood did not flinch from duty. he saw that his time had come, and he met it like a brave man.
But what did these white men have to do with it? why should they attempt to punish could about a letter which he had written the superintendent?
It was none of their business. But no, a Negro had been impudent to a white man and he must be punished.
Nolan Hanks, the son of an ex-sheriff and a bully was to go up and call the Negro out. They were armed. Hood knew it, and it was not long before the bulldozing leader was weltering in his own blood, chilled by the bullet from the unerring weapon of this Brave defender of his home.
He opened fire on the crowd, and in the conflict felt to rise no more. So be it.
Better that he should have died us than that he should have been punished like a criminal and hanged like a dog.
Frank B Hood knew his rights and maintain them. The men who came after him were lawbreakers and he had the right to defend himself...
It was a long time before we could realize that he was one and the same person who had subscribed to the Planet and forwarded the money there for. On inspection of our books told the story,- the name add Play Store responded,-” FB Hood, Liberty, MS.”
There was no mistake about it.
She was a teacher at that place and was charged with writing on insulting letter to the superintendent. This was presumed to be a sufficient cause for him to be regulated and about mid-day on July 2, 1894, a band of armed white men went after him to mete punishment.
Hood did not flinch from duty. he saw that his time had come, and he met it like a brave man.
But what did these white men have to do with it? why should they attempt to punish could about a letter which he had written the superintendent?
It was none of their business. But no, a Negro had been impudent to a white man and he must be punished.
Nolan Hanks, the son of an ex-sheriff and a bully was to go up and call the Negro out. They were armed. Hood knew it, and it was not long before the bulldozing leader was weltering in his own blood, chilled by the bullet from the unerring weapon of this Brave defender of his home.
He opened fire on the crowd, and in the conflict felt to rise no more. So be it.
Better that he should have died us than that he should have been punished like a criminal and hanged like a dog.
Frank B Hood knew his rights and maintain them. The men who came after him were lawbreakers and he had the right to defend himself...
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Carlos Serrano
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“Carried His Murderer with Him,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed September 13, 2026, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/1513.