Lynching of Ben Gay

August 7, 1896

By Lynching in Texas Staff

City: Sulphur Bluff

County: Hopkins County

Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black

Gender of Victim: Male

Age of Victim: Unknown

Alleged Crime: Arson

Manner of Death: Hanged

Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching

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Lynching in Texas Staff, “Lynching of Ben Gay,” Lynching In Texas, accessed September 15, 2024, https://www.lynchingintexas.org/items/show/541.

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Published on Jul 9, 2018. Last updated on Apr 14, 2020.