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| | Borders - Feature - At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America |
 | | Du Bois intuited that Hose was probably guilty at worst of committing an act of violence against a white in the course of defending his right to disagree, or in refusing to be physically intimidated. |
 | | Hose, it was said, was in Florida, in Alabama, in Savannah, was hiding in a swamp, was heavily armed, was a superb marksman, had not eaten or slept in days, had vowed to kill more whites. |
 | | Sam had been employed there himself until 1896 or 1897, when he was accused of assaulting another worker, an older fl woman, and instead of waiting around for his punishment had run away. |
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