Flayed Alive
February 17, 1894
Summary
A black man in Georgia is skinned alive near his own home.
Transcription
The following telegraphic report explains itself and tells in no uncertain language of the awful situation of affairs in this benighted southland:
“Washington DC, Feb 10- A special to the Post from Athens, GA says: Whitecaps in Oglethorpe county went to the house of a Negro man named Collins last night, and calling him out, seized him and carried him off. They tied him to a tree and literally flayed him alive. The negro died this morning. The authorities have no clue as to the perpetrators, but are hunting for them. The charge against Collins was that he had been enticing away servants.
There is no charge of rape, no allegation of murder. It is simply stated that he enticed away servants.
What will the Governor of Georgia do in this matter. He saw fit to mass troops upon the boundary line of that state to prevent a prize-fight. What will he do with the murderers of this man?
It was a terrible death to die. The groans of the victim as he was bruised and beaten, the pleadings which fell upon deaf ears gave a faint idea of the torture to which he was subjected.
Colored men must protect themselves and each other. When this is done, such occurrences as the one cited will be few and far between.
Lynch law must go!
“Washington DC, Feb 10- A special to the Post from Athens, GA says: Whitecaps in Oglethorpe county went to the house of a Negro man named Collins last night, and calling him out, seized him and carried him off. They tied him to a tree and literally flayed him alive. The negro died this morning. The authorities have no clue as to the perpetrators, but are hunting for them. The charge against Collins was that he had been enticing away servants.
There is no charge of rape, no allegation of murder. It is simply stated that he enticed away servants.
What will the Governor of Georgia do in this matter. He saw fit to mass troops upon the boundary line of that state to prevent a prize-fight. What will he do with the murderers of this man?
It was a terrible death to die. The groans of the victim as he was bruised and beaten, the pleadings which fell upon deaf ears gave a faint idea of the torture to which he was subjected.
Colored men must protect themselves and each other. When this is done, such occurrences as the one cited will be few and far between.
Lynch law must go!
About this article
Source
Location on Page
Upper Right Quadrant
Topic
Contributed By
Carlos Serrano
Citation
“Flayed Alive,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed May 12, 2025, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/1609.