Fred Rochelle

Fred Rochelle was a black teenager from Bartow, Florida that on May 29, 1901, was lynched and burned alive following the murder and rape of a white woman, Rena Smith Taggart, the day before.[1]

Legacy

Ossian Sweet, in his testimony during the Sweet Trials in 1925, recalled having seen Rochelle being lynched when he was five years old.

References

  1. ↑ Bair, Cinnamon (11 April 2010). "Black Lynched After Murder". The Ledger. Retrieved 2016-09-10.

External links

The Lynching of Fred Rochelle: Bartow, Florida, May 28, 1901

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