"A colored man, named John Tubman, was shot and instantly killed yesterday evening, by Robert Vincent, a white man. The shooting took place on the country road, about 6 miles from Cambridge. A difficulty had occurred in the morning relative to the removal of some ashes from a tenant-house on Vincent's farm, and the parties again met about sundown on the public road, when the shooting took place"According to the various links, there was a trial in which Robert was found not guilty by an all white jury and was hindered by the fact that the only witnesses were two black people - one was John's son.
It was jolt to stumble across this story while searching for my family. I haven't been able figure out if this Robert's line is connected with my lines but what a sad and interesting story.
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Sad indeed, hope he's not related...
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