Sam Hose

Sam Hose (c. 1875 - April 23, 1899) was an African American worker who was brutally tortured and executed by a lynch mob in Coweta County, Georgia.Sam Hose, a.k.a. Sam Holt, was born Tom Wilkes in South Georgia near Marshallville (Macon County) around 1875. He grew up on a Macon County farm owned by the Jones family. His mother was a long time employee of the family. According to the Macon Telegraph (April 24, 1899) and the Houston Home Journal (April 27, 1899), Mr. Wilkes was accused of sexually assaulting an elderly black lady on the Jones farm in June of 1897.
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