| Summary | Mt. Vernon, Ohio (ca 1880)On the evening of February 19, 1881, a "prominent and truthful" citizen of Mt. Vernon, Ohio was on his way home when he heard what sounded like the loud shriek of a woman coming from the direction of a recently unoccupied house. The home in question, sometimes described as a 'shanty,' had been the residence of Samuel "Judge" Lane. Judge Lane was an interesting character around town. A formerly enslaved man of African descent, his fellow Black citizens saw him as a proph |
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