Fred Alexander

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By Samantha Donndelinger and Chloe Bragg “Will you let me shake hands with all my friends?” Fred Alexander’s words rang out in the air before the flames engulfed him. It was January 15, 1901 in Leavenworth, Kansas and Alexander was known as a young man who had many friends around the town where he was […]

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Burned on the Stake on the Exact Spot of His Alleged Crime Leavenworth Chronical. 1901. From Newspapers.com.

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Victim of a Horrible Crime

Victim: Fred Alexander

Victim's Place of Death: Kansas

Date Published: Nov 07, 1900

Publication Name: The Evening Standard

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Would Lynch an Assailant of Women

Victim: Fred Alexander

Victim's Place of Death: Kansas

Date Published: Jan 13, 1901

Publication Name: The San Francisco Call

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Barely Saved From Lynching

Victim: Fred Alexander

Victim's Place of Death: Kansas

Date Published: Jan 14, 1901

Publication Name: The Salt Lake Herald

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Murderer of Pearl Forbes

Victim: Fred Alexander

Victim's Place of Death: Kansas

Date Published: Jan 15, 1901

Publication Name: The Evening Sun

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Victim of a mad mob

Victim: Fred Alexander

Victim's Place of Death: Kansas

Date Published: Jan 16, 1901

Publication Name: Coshocton Daily Age

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NEGRO BURNED AT THE STAKE EY A MOB AT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS

Victim: Fred Alexander

Victim's Place of Death: Kansas

Date Published: Jan 16, 1901

Publication Name: Los Angeles Herald

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Roasts at the Stake

Victim: Fred Alexander

Victim's Place of Death: Kansas

Date Published: Jan 17, 1901

Publication Name: The Omaha Daily Bee

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A Kansas Mob

Victim: Fred Alexander

Victim's Place of Death: Kansas

Date Published: Jan 19, 1901

Publication Name: The Freeman

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We would like to know where color prejudice in leading the whites of this country

Victim: Fred Alexander

Victim's Place of Death: Kansas

Date Published: Jan 19, 1901

Publication Name: The Appeal

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Burned at the Stake

Victim: Fred Alexander

Victim's Place of Death: Kansas

Date Published: Jan 19, 1901

Publication Name: Richmond Planet

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