In the winter of 1906, an African American man named Henry Davis became the victim of mob violence in Annapolis, Maryland. Davis, who was also known by the aliases William Davis and Henry Chambers, was a laborer with a noticeable limp due to frostbite, which earned him the nickname 'Toe and Foot'. His life took a grim turn after he was accused of assaulting a white woman, Mrs. John Reid, near her husband's store in Anne Arundel County. Following the accusation, a manhunt ensued, and Davis was ar
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