Amy Spain | |
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 The Hanging of Amy Spain – contemporary engraving from Harper's Bazaar | |
| Born | 1848 |
| Died | March 10, 1865 (aged 16–17) |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Criminal penalty | Capital punishment by a Confederate military court |
Amy Spain (c. 1848 – March 10, 1865) was a teenage American slave who was executed by a Confederate military court in the final days of the American Civil War. She was convicted of treason for stealing from her owner, and hanged from a sycamore tree in Darlington, South Carolina. She is believed to have been the last female slave to be executed.[1]
- ^ O'Shea, Kathleen A. (1994). "Till death do us part" (PDF). Nemesis. 10 (2): 54.