Milbry Brown

Homicide

1known / alleged victims

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Case Facts

Gender: female
Country: USA
Location: Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
Date of birth: 1878
Age at first offence: 14
Characteristics: juvenile (14), poisoner, domestic violence
Victim profile: One year old white child
Method of murder: Poisoning
Date(s) of murder: September 1892
Years active: 1892
Date of arrest: —
Status: Executed
Executed by hanging on October 7, 1892

Case Summary

Case identification

Milbry Brown

Background

Milbry Brown was a domestic worker.

Her age was disputed; she was described as 14 years old and it was also said she may have been 18.

The offence

Milbry Brown was executed for killing a one year old white child.

Trial

Milbry Brown was tried in a capital case. Elite whites debated whether she should be saved or condemned.

Concerns were raised about adolescence and about the first stirrings of an anti-child labor movement.

Sentencing

Milbry Brown was sentenced to death and executed.

Outcome

Milbry Brown was executed by hanging at Spartanburg, South Carolina on October 7, 1892.

Aftermath

Ida B. Wells cited the “legal lynching” of this female minor as a potent symbol of Southern depravity.

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