On the morning of January 1, 1923, Fannie Coleman Taylor, a caucasian woman and homemaker of Sumner Florida, claimed a black man assaulted her. Although she was not seriously injured, containing no physical abrasions or anything of the sort. And was unable to describe what happened down to detail, she allegedly remained unconscious for several hours due to the shock of the incident. No one disputed her account and no questions were asked. It was assumed by the court of law that she had inaccurately described the incident. James Taylor, a foreman at the local mill company, believed that a crime committed like this had no damnation and took immediate action. James requested help from Levy County and neighboring Alachua County, where a staged Ku Klux Klan celebration was ending on the courthouse square in downtown Gainesville, Florida. They suspected a man by the name of Aaron Carrier had committed the actions. The rally and James himself travelled to Mr. Carrier’s house and began violently tormenting him. Afterwards, the rest of town pitched in and began to turn the sorry town of Rosewood upside down. Burning houses, murdering the innocent, and claiming horrendous assumptions. The Scottsboro Trial was a horrid time in this decade. All because of race.…show more content… More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft, the Devil's magic, and 20 were executed. Eventually, the colony admitted the trials were a mistake and compensated the families of those convicted. Since then, the story of the trials has become synonymous with paranoia and injustice, and it continues to beguile the popular imagination more than 3 centuries
