Use the documented event to test company-town memory; verify every quoted legal or newspaper detail from the underlying record.
The episode is supported by public records and newspapers but embedded in a broader interpretive argument.
Weaver recounts the mob killing of Allen Small in Lynchburg and traces the legal and community response, using the case to complicate nostalgic accounts of local interracial relations.
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Racial violence in Lynchburg
Paraphrase or evidence description checked against PDF sheets 114–116 during the complete 333-sheet textual and visual review on 2026-08-27. PDF-sheet numbering is used. 2026-09-29 fresh complete333-sheet review: PDF114–116 and notes313–314: narrative August versus newspaper dates September1903 needs original-record reconciliation. Accusations and arrests do not establish guilt or conviction.
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Evidence
Weaver recounts the mob killing of Allen Small in Lynchburg and traces the legal and community response, using the case to complicate nostalgic accounts of local interracial relations.
Context
The episode is supported by public records and newspapers but embedded in a broader interpretive argument.
Research annotation
Use the documented event to test company-town memory; verify every quoted legal or newspaper detail from the underlying record.
Locator and verification
- PDF sheets: 114–116
- Source section: Racial violence in Lynchburg
- Evidence type: Paraphrase
- Verification: Paraphrase or evidence description checked against PDF sheets 114–116 during the complete 333-sheet textual and visual review on 2026-08-27. PDF-sheet numbering is used.