Who was Henry Davis?

In Maryland, recorded lynchings from 1891 to 1906 included Asbury Green in Centerville on May 13, 1891; James Taylor in Chestertown on May 17, 1892; Isaac Kemp in Princess Anne on June 8, 1893; Stephen Williams in Prince George's County on October 20, 1894; Marshall E. Price in Caroline County on March 16, 1895; Jacob Henson in Howard County on March 28, 1895; James Brown in Frederick on November 16, 1895; William Andrews in Princess Anne on June 9, 1897; Garfield King in Salisbury on May 25, 1898; and Henry Davis in Annapolis on December 21, 1906. Henry Davis was the last man lynched in Annapolis. On the day he was lynched, The Evening Capital wrote, "Annapolis and Anne Arundel County was given a black eye last night by the lynching of the negro Davis..."

Annapolis, Maryland · United States