Murder of Thomas Coleman
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Thomas Coleman | |
|---|---|
| Born | Circa 1832[1] |
| Died | December 10, 1866 (aged 33–34)[1] |
| Cause of death | Lynching, head bludgeoned with a large rock, throat cut with a knife[2][1] |
| Body discovered | 11 Dec 1866,[1] 40°46′33″N 111°53′28″W / 40.7759°N 111.8911°W |
| Burial place | Salt Lake City Cemetery[1] 200 "N" Street: 40°46′37″N 111°51′35″W / 40.776918°N 111.859853°W |
| Other names | "Nigger Tom",[2][3][4] Thomas Colburn,[2] Thomas Bankhead[2] |
| Occupation | Hotel attendant[1] |
| Employer | Brigham Young[1] |
| Organization | The Salt Lake House[1] |
| Black people and the Latter Day Saint movement |
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| Jane Manning James |
Thomas Coleman (c. 1832 – December 10, 1866), a Black man formerly enslaved by Mormons, was murdered in 1866 in Salt Lake City, Utah.[2][1] Sources report the lynching was a hate crime and was committed by a friend or family member (or multiple people) of a White woman Coleman allegedly had been seen walking with before.[5] The killer(s) slit his throat deeply and castrated his body. They then dumped his body near where the Utah State Capitol is now located,[6][2] and pinned a note to his chest which said in large letters, "Notice to all niggers! Take warning!! Leave white women alone!!!"[7]: 181
Background
See also
- Lynching of Robert Marshall
- Lynching of William Harvey
- Black people and Mormonism
- William McCary
- Mormon teachings on skin color
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 "The Life and Murder of Thomas Coleman". Salt Lake City: University of Utah. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Tanner, Courtney (June 12, 2022). "Two Black men were once lynched in SLC. Here's what we know about their stories". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ↑ "Found Dead". Salt Lake Daily Telegraph. Salt Lake City. December 12, 1866. p. 3. Retrieved May 7, 2023 – via University of Utah.
- ↑ "Record of the dead, books A-C 1848-1888" (1889) [Textual record]. Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976, ID: Image 130 of 556. Salt Lake City: FamilySearch, Utah State Archives. May 19, 2020.
- ↑ "The Killing of Thos. Coleman Monday Night". The Daily Union Vedette. Fort Douglas. December 15, 1866. p. 2. Retrieved May 7, 2023 – via University of Utah.
- ↑ Maxwell, John Gary (2013). "A Climate of Violence". Robert Newton Baskin and the Making of Modern Utah. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-8061-8928-4.
- ↑ Reeve, W. Paul (2015). Religion of a Different Color: Race and the Mormon Struggle for Whiteness. New York City: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199754076.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-975407-6 – via Google Books.
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