Fred Rochelle
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fred-rochelle-313-3283548
title:
Fred Rochelle
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Fred Rochelle was an African-American teenager from Bartow, Florida, who was lynched and burned to death on May 29, 1901, following the alleged rape and murder of a white woman, Rena Smith Taggart, the previous day. He was said to have been seen near where Taggart's body was found. Newspapers misreported the 16-year-old boy as "35 years of age". A mob of over 100 men as well as bloodhounds from Mulberry and Pebble was assembled to search for him but a local paper mentioned a possible lynching be
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African American lynched in the US
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rochelle
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2022-12-28T12:19:07Z
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