Lynching of Benjamin Harris: January 10, 1906
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City: Moscow, Texas
County: Polk 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
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"Mob Has Him"
Source: Houston Post (Houston, Texas) | Date: January 10, 1906
"In Hands of Mob"
Source: Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Alabama) | Date: January 10, 1906
"Negro Lynched: Texas Mob Makes Short Thrift of Slayer of a Young White Man."
Source: The Evening Star (Independence, Kansas) | Date: January 10, 1906
"Negro Lynched in Texas"
Source: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) | Date: January 11, 1906
"Harris Lynched: He was Charged with the Assassination of a White Man on Monday."
Source: Evening Messenger (Marshall, Texas) | Date: January 11, 1906