Lynching of Shed Felder

December 2, 1886

By Lynching in Texas Staff

City: Brenham, Texas

County: Washington County

Race of Ethnicity of Victim: Black

Gender of Victim: Male

Age of Victim: 45

Alleged Crime: Murder

Manner of Death: Hanged

Source of Information: National newspapers

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Lynching in Texas Staff, “Lynching of Shed Felder,” Lynching In Texas, accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.lynchingintexas.org/items/show/596.

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  • Donald G. Nieman, "African Americans and the Meaning of Freedom: Washington County, Texas as a Case Study, 1865-1886 - Freedom: Politics," (1994). Available at: https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview/vol70/iss2/6
  • “Testimony on the Alleged Election Outrages in Texas,” Reported from the Committee on Privileges and Elections of the Senate of the United States, February 4, 1889. https://bit.ly/2JFPMTv
Published on Aug 6, 2018. Last updated on Jul 21, 2019.