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A deep dive into the 1910 lynching of two black men in Ashburn, Georgia. This post seeks to try to learn more about the victimes, Albert Royal and Charles Jackson.

The Tifton Gazette reported on April 22, 1910, the lynching of Albert Royal and Charles Jackson near Ashburn. A mob abducted and shot the men, binding them to trees. Royal, a farmer, had faced legal and community harassment. Jackson had been accused…