The Mary Turner lynchings
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 12:56 pm
May 19, 1918, noon, near Little River, GA
[Note: I can't find coordinates for Little River. - not the one in that county I'll use Valdosta for now.]
This is one of the most horrible stories you'll ever read. Therefore, please don't clock the link and read it unless you are really prepared for graphic details of inhumanity. (All of you know I will dare much, and this one draws a line in the sand for me.) Here is a good summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1918_lynchings
The main points are this: In 1918 a man named Hampton Smith was murdered. Numerous lynchings occurred in response. One man lynched was Hayes Turner, hanged (theoretically) abducted from sheriff custody and then May 18, 1918 near Valdosta, GA. He was left hanging from the tree for several days.
His wife, Mary Turner (eight months pregnant), openly denounced the lynching and denied her husband's guilt. A mob turned on her and she fled, but was seized (by a mob of several hundred men and women) May 19, 1918 at noon. She was taken to the Little River river banks near Folsom Bridge: Though I can't find it exactly, there is a modern town of Little River, GA that is near a river of the same name and is close to Valdosta, so those coordinates are probably sufficiently good. Events surely took a few hours but noon is a good enough time and did mark a specific event.
What then occurred to her were grievous atrocities that I won't describe. They were sufficient to fuel NAACP anti-lynching literature for decades.
This was the most egregious of the lynchings, but hardly the only one in that dark burst of lynchings. Notice that she was seized by the ob as Saturn (conjunct Neptune) rose, mundane square Mercury on MC. - There is a lot of Jupiter in these charts (enough to cause me to technically score them as poor charts); but Jupiter has already established itself as the planet of social, racial, economic, and religious bigotry, so I guess it shouldn't be a surprise.
Year: Capsolar {+1}
Moon on Asc 0°54'
Saturn on Dsc -2°14'
Neptune on Dsc +3°11'
Uranus on EP 0°58'
Venus sq. MC 1°52'
Jupiter more widely foreground
-- Jupiter-Uranus sq. 0°28' in mundo
-- Sa/Ne on Dsc 0°29'
-- Venus-Jupiter sq. 0°44' in mundo
-- Venus-Uranus conj. 1°12' in mundo
-- Moon-Saturn op. 1°20' in mundo
Bridge {+2}
t Uranus sq. Capsolar MC 1°38'
t Saturn op. Capsolar Asc 1°14'
Quarter: Arisolar {-2}
Venus on Asc 0°22'
Moon sq. MC 0°23'
Mars sq. MC 0°39'
Jupiter & Uranus more widely foreground
-- Moon-Venus sq. 0°13'
-- Jupiter-Uranus sq. 2°32' in mundo
-- Venus-Jupiter sq. 2°35'
-- Moon-Jupiter conj. 2°48'
Month: Caplunar {???}
Jupiter on Asc 0°23'
Mars sq. MC 0°27' [sq. non-angular Pluto 0°40' in mundo]
Uranus on MC 2°23'
-- Mars-Jupiter sq. 0°19'
-- Jupiter-Uranus sq. 2°00' in mundo
Week: Canlunar {+3}
Sun on IC 0°25'
Neptune on Dsc 1°53'
Saturn on Dsc 2°01'
-- Sa/Ne on Dsc 0°04'
-- -- Saturn-Neptune conj. 3°54' in mundo
-- Sun-Saturn sq. 1°36' in mundo
-- Sun-Neptune sq. 2°18' in mundo
Day: Capsolar Transits {+2}
t Uranus sq. s MC 1°38'
t Saturn op. s Asc 1°14'
t Sun op. s MC 1°50'
-- t Sun-Uranus sq. 0°12'
Day: Cansolar Transits {0}
t Mercury op. s EP 0°15'
Looking a little further...
t Mars sq. Arisolar MC 1°43'
LibQ Asc conj. s Pluto 1°44'
[Note: I can't find coordinates for Little River. - not the one in that county I'll use Valdosta for now.]
This is one of the most horrible stories you'll ever read. Therefore, please don't clock the link and read it unless you are really prepared for graphic details of inhumanity. (All of you know I will dare much, and this one draws a line in the sand for me.) Here is a good summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1918_lynchings
The main points are this: In 1918 a man named Hampton Smith was murdered. Numerous lynchings occurred in response. One man lynched was Hayes Turner, hanged (theoretically) abducted from sheriff custody and then May 18, 1918 near Valdosta, GA. He was left hanging from the tree for several days.
His wife, Mary Turner (eight months pregnant), openly denounced the lynching and denied her husband's guilt. A mob turned on her and she fled, but was seized (by a mob of several hundred men and women) May 19, 1918 at noon. She was taken to the Little River river banks near Folsom Bridge: Though I can't find it exactly, there is a modern town of Little River, GA that is near a river of the same name and is close to Valdosta, so those coordinates are probably sufficiently good. Events surely took a few hours but noon is a good enough time and did mark a specific event.
What then occurred to her were grievous atrocities that I won't describe. They were sufficient to fuel NAACP anti-lynching literature for decades.
This was the most egregious of the lynchings, but hardly the only one in that dark burst of lynchings. Notice that she was seized by the ob as Saturn (conjunct Neptune) rose, mundane square Mercury on MC. - There is a lot of Jupiter in these charts (enough to cause me to technically score them as poor charts); but Jupiter has already established itself as the planet of social, racial, economic, and religious bigotry, so I guess it shouldn't be a surprise.
Year: Capsolar {+1}
Moon on Asc 0°54'
Saturn on Dsc -2°14'
Neptune on Dsc +3°11'
Uranus on EP 0°58'
Venus sq. MC 1°52'
Jupiter more widely foreground
-- Jupiter-Uranus sq. 0°28' in mundo
-- Sa/Ne on Dsc 0°29'
-- Venus-Jupiter sq. 0°44' in mundo
-- Venus-Uranus conj. 1°12' in mundo
-- Moon-Saturn op. 1°20' in mundo
Bridge {+2}
t Uranus sq. Capsolar MC 1°38'
t Saturn op. Capsolar Asc 1°14'
Quarter: Arisolar {-2}
Venus on Asc 0°22'
Moon sq. MC 0°23'
Mars sq. MC 0°39'
Jupiter & Uranus more widely foreground
-- Moon-Venus sq. 0°13'
-- Jupiter-Uranus sq. 2°32' in mundo
-- Venus-Jupiter sq. 2°35'
-- Moon-Jupiter conj. 2°48'
Month: Caplunar {???}
Jupiter on Asc 0°23'
Mars sq. MC 0°27' [sq. non-angular Pluto 0°40' in mundo]
Uranus on MC 2°23'
-- Mars-Jupiter sq. 0°19'
-- Jupiter-Uranus sq. 2°00' in mundo
Week: Canlunar {+3}
Sun on IC 0°25'
Neptune on Dsc 1°53'
Saturn on Dsc 2°01'
-- Sa/Ne on Dsc 0°04'
-- -- Saturn-Neptune conj. 3°54' in mundo
-- Sun-Saturn sq. 1°36' in mundo
-- Sun-Neptune sq. 2°18' in mundo
Day: Capsolar Transits {+2}
t Uranus sq. s MC 1°38'
t Saturn op. s Asc 1°14'
t Sun op. s MC 1°50'
-- t Sun-Uranus sq. 0°12'
Day: Cansolar Transits {0}
t Mercury op. s EP 0°15'
Looking a little further...
t Mars sq. Arisolar MC 1°43'
LibQ Asc conj. s Pluto 1°44'