Lynching of Samuel J. Bush
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In the early hours of 3 June 1893, a black day-laborer named Samuel J. Bush was forcibly taken from the Macon County, Illinois, jail and lynched.[1][2] Mr. Bush stood accused of raping Minnie Cameron Vest, a white woman, who lived in the nearby town of Mount Zion.
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Date | 3 June 1893 |
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Location | Decatur, Illinois, United States |
Participants | Residents of Macon County, Illinois |
Deaths | 1 |
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