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Henry Smith (lynching victim) is a member of the following lists: Racially motivated violence against African Americans, 1876 births and American torture victims.

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Henry Smith (1876 – February 1, 1893) was an African American youth who was lynched in Paris, Texas. Smith allegedly confessed to murdering the three-year-old daughter of a law enforcement officer who had allegedly beaten him during an arrest. Smith fled, but was recaptured after a nationwide manhunt. He was then returned to Paris, where he was turned over to a mob and burned at the stake. His lynching was covered by The New York Times and attracted national publicity.