Testimony of Jemima Phillips, 1871
Title
Testimony of Jemima Phillips, 1871
Description
Wyatt Outlaw was a prominent African-American councilman in Alamance Country in the latter part of the 1860s. The testimony of his mother, Jemima Phillips, reveals a firsthand account of the Klan’s capture of Outlaw and his subsequent hanging. Although Jemima was not present at his hanging, she was there in her house when she claims that about twenty klansmen woke her up in her son’s house the night he was murdered. Jemima reveals that the night riders rode away on horses, leading a track to the site of Outlaw’s murder. This would play a pivotal role in regards to the testimony of Albert Murray, the sheriff of Alamance County and the incompetence of his office to subdue these criminals.
Creator
North Carolina Senate
Source
North Carolina Senate. Trial of William W. Holden: Governor of North Carolina, before the Senate of North Carolina, on Impeachment by the House of Representatives for High Crimes and Misdeameanors, vol. 2. Raleigh, NC: Sentinel Printing Office, 1871.
Date
1871
Type
Document
Coverage
Raleigh, North Carolina
Original Format
Government Document
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Citation
North Carolina Senate, Testimony of Jemima Phillips, 1871, Civil War Era NC, accessed April 20, 2024, https://cwnc.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/486.