Lynching of William H. Crawford

On July 17 th the “body of a man by the name of William H. Crawford” as found “suspended to a pecan tree, about three-quarters of a mile from town [ Fort Worth]. A large number of persons visited the body during the day. At a meeting of the citizens the same evening strong evidence was adduced, proving him to have been an abolitionist. The meeting endorsed the action of the party who hung him.”¹

It was suspected that Crawford had given “fifty six-shooters” to the slaves.²

Lynching of William Crawford