Interview with the Cultured Bumpkin Podcast Host and Voice Over Actor Jake Philips of Columbus, MS #visitcolumbus #visitmississippi #mississippi #mississippiartists #columbusms #lowndescountyms 

Leroy Shackelford was murdered by two slaves: Wiley and Dock near Crawford, MS. Aaron, an enslaved man, was murdered by his owner James Paul using a weighted wagon whip. #knowyourhistory #mississippi #visitmississippi #columbusms #mississippigirl #mississippihistory

How the Columbus Cultural Heritage Foundation and Nancy Capenter Plans to Profit off the Monroe Crypt "Restoration" #cvb #tennesseewilliamshome #visitcolumbusms #visitmississippi #restorationwork #thievesandcrooks 

Gustavus Hendrick was accused of plotting the murder of Col. Thomas Townsend and Alexander Carter while at the home of Silas McBee (Liberty Hall). #columbusms #visitcolumbus #visitmississippi #knowyourhistory #historyisbrutal #murderforhirestory 

Peter Stuart Hairston, Crawford native was a wealthy man working in Toronto, Canada on the Toronto Stock Exchange at his death. #murder #arson #fire #ColumbusMS #visitcolumbus #visitmississippi #mississippi

Dancey Blewett was murdered for messing around with a married woman... #mississippi #visitmississippi #visitcolumbusms #Blewett #mississippigirl 

In 1895 Columbus was still wild and folks went everywhere armed. Even the mayor. #murder #columbusms #tombigbeeriver #visitcolumbus #visitmississippi #mississippi #knowyourhistory 

The Thompson family's demise at the hands of their brother and son at the end of the Civil War is one of greed and betrayal.  #1865 #mississippi #visitmississippi #brooksville #noxubee 

John Duberry brought the abolitionist speeches of Charles Sumner and William H. Seward to distribute to enslaved members of Columbus and Lowndes County (formerly Monroe County). Per the state's Hutchinson Code this was an offense punishable by up to 10 years in the penitentiary.  #visitcolumbusms #antebellum #visitmississippi #abolitionist #Mississippi #1850 

Robert Thompson served as a Lowndes County Mississippi Legislator during Reconstruction and was the leader of the local militia. He was threatened with firing squad, murder, and lynching before he retired from public life and retired to nearby Noxubee County. #mississippi #visitcolumbus #visitmississippi #knowyourhistory #africanamericanhistory #blackhistory #mississippihistory