Lynching of Bascom Cook

June 13, 1894

City: Sweet Home, Texas

County: Lavaca County

Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black

Gender of Victim: Male

Age of Victim: Unknown

Alleged Crime: Murder

Manner of Death: Hanged

Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching, Tuskegee Institute, Equal Justice Initiative

Lynching in Texas Staff, “Lynching of Bascom Cook,” Lynching In Texas, accessed October 8, 2024, https://www.lynchingintexas.org/items/show/170.