![Photos: Less than a century ago, 20,000 people traveled to Kentucky to see a white woman hang a black man | by Rian Dundon | Timeline Photos: Less than a century ago, 20,000 people traveled to Kentucky to see a white woman hang a black man | by Rian Dundon | Timeline](https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*BBQ62VkFRxwxY7A_Uc3C3Q.jpeg)
Photos: Less than a century ago, 20,000 people traveled to Kentucky to see a white woman hang a black man | by Rian Dundon | Timeline
![Gallows used to hang bootlegger who SMILED as he faced death at one of America's last public executions in 1928 are discovered in an old barn | Daily Mail Online Gallows used to hang bootlegger who SMILED as he faced death at one of America's last public executions in 1928 are discovered in an old barn | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/16/article-2325294-19CDE567000005DC-820_1024x615_large.jpg)
Gallows used to hang bootlegger who SMILED as he faced death at one of America's last public executions in 1928 are discovered in an old barn | Daily Mail Online
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Wild West Justice By Rope Stark Image Of A Public Hanging In An Unidentified Western Town A Large Number Of Male Townsfolk Surround The Enormous Scaffold From Which Hangs A Hooded Figure
![Photos: Less than a century ago, 20,000 people traveled to Kentucky to see a white woman hang a black man | by Rian Dundon | Timeline Photos: Less than a century ago, 20,000 people traveled to Kentucky to see a white woman hang a black man | by Rian Dundon | Timeline](https://miro.medium.com/max/5000/1*NWoabBNID9mnDNdg7Kv8qw.jpeg)
Photos: Less than a century ago, 20,000 people traveled to Kentucky to see a white woman hang a black man | by Rian Dundon | Timeline
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December 16, 1897 : Last Public Hanging in West Virginia - West Virginia Public Broadcasting : West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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