Lynching of Monroe Sheppard: May 27, 1891
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City: Near Belden, Texas (Naples, Texas)
County: Cass County
Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: Unknown
Alleged Crime: Troublemaker
Manner of Death: Shot
Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching, Tuskegee Institute, Equal Justice Initiative
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"Negro Assassinated"
Source: Austin American-Statesman (Austin, Texas) | Date: May 28, 1891
"Belden. A Negro Taken From His Home and Shot to Death"
Source: The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana) | Date: May 28, 1891
"An Unpopular Citizen Mobbed"
Source: Galveston Daily News (Galveston, Texas) | Date: May 29, 1891
"Negro Assassinated"
Source: Austin Weekly Statesman (Austin, Texas) | Date: June 4, 1891
"How Texas Citizens Disposed of Tough Characters"
Source: The Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio) | Date: June 26, 1891
"Two Bad Men Shot"
Source: Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, North Carolina) | Date: June 27, 1891