Negroes burned in Alabama

Negroes Burned.   Five negroes, at the instigation of two white men,. Murdered Mr. Giobson,. An overseer in Munroe County, Alabama, on the 245th ult.   They were tried before Judge Lynch, who rendered a verdict of burning at the stake, which was put into execution.  What diabolism !

                  Liberator, Sept 13, 1861, pg 3)