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Mingo Jack
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Samuel Johnson
1820 |
| Died | March 5, 1886 (aged 66) |
| Known for | Lynching victim |
Samuel "Mingo Jack" Johnson (1820 – March 5, 1886) was an African-American man falsely accused of assault. He was brutally beaten and executed by a mob of white men in Eatontown, New Jersey.
Biography
Johnson was born in Colts Neck in 1820 and was raised as a slave by the Laird family. Because he was short, the family used him as a jockey, and he rode a colt named Chief Mingo to victory, earning him the nickname Mingo Jack. In 1840, New Jersey abolished slavery, and Johnson worked odd jobs in the Eatontown and Middletown areas, living in Eatontown near what is now Route 35 and Poplar Road.
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