Augustus “Gus” Johnson, the first white man hanged for killing a black man in Georgia
An estimated crowd of 20,000 people, the largest ever in the city of Rome, Georgia came to watch Gus Johnson hanged, hear him confess to various crimes and watch to see if he brother would bring an army to rescue him. It was March 16, 1878. Johnson gave his last words: This is Gus Johnson, …
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