Assaulted by her White Uncle
June 30, 1894
Summary
A white woman is raped and nearly murdered by her white uncle.
Transcription
Another most horrible crime is reported from Apex, NC.
Ina Wimberley, a young white woman was found in a dying condition. She had been raped and a brutal attempt made to murder her.
As strange as it may seem George Mills, her own uncle is charged with the crime.
His clothing was bloody and showed every sign of the struggle which is victim made for her life.
What say the Negro-haters now? We are the ones, who are alleged to commit all of the crimes of this description.
What will they say of George Mills? What Becomes of Rev. Dr. Hartchers’ theory that when they commit similar crimes they are lynched just as surely as are the Negroes who are guilty of similar offences?
This brute should be legally hang.
Slowly, but surely the truth is asserting itself. Many a colored man has been lynched for heinous crimes committed by white men, with blackened faces.
As Attorney General of North Carolina spoke truly when he declared that he had reason to believe that colored man had been lynched for crimes committed by white men and that the guilty criminals had lead the lynching parties.
But, thank God, a better elements of the white race is slowly, but Shirley coming to the front and though it may be nearly 50 years hence, in their hands we will be able to safely trust our cause.
Lynch law must go!
Ina Wimberley, a young white woman was found in a dying condition. She had been raped and a brutal attempt made to murder her.
As strange as it may seem George Mills, her own uncle is charged with the crime.
His clothing was bloody and showed every sign of the struggle which is victim made for her life.
What say the Negro-haters now? We are the ones, who are alleged to commit all of the crimes of this description.
What will they say of George Mills? What Becomes of Rev. Dr. Hartchers’ theory that when they commit similar crimes they are lynched just as surely as are the Negroes who are guilty of similar offences?
This brute should be legally hang.
Slowly, but surely the truth is asserting itself. Many a colored man has been lynched for heinous crimes committed by white men, with blackened faces.
As Attorney General of North Carolina spoke truly when he declared that he had reason to believe that colored man had been lynched for crimes committed by white men and that the guilty criminals had lead the lynching parties.
But, thank God, a better elements of the white race is slowly, but Shirley coming to the front and though it may be nearly 50 years hence, in their hands we will be able to safely trust our cause.
Lynch law must go!
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Lower Left Quadrant
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Contributed By
Carlos Serrano
Citation
“Assaulted by her White Uncle,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed April 24, 2025, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/1524.