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[[Image:{{Infobox Biography| subject_name =Leander Shaw| image_name =Leandershaw.jpg|thumb|rightimage_size =200px|Leander image_caption =Shaw's body after being he was lynched| date_of_birth =| place_of_birth =| date_of_death =[[July 29]], [[1908]]| place_of_death =Pensacola| occupation =Laborer| religion =| spouse =| parents =| children =}}'''Leander A. Shaw''' (d. [[July 29]], [[1908]]) was a black man accused of the robbery, rape and murder of a white woman, [[Lillie Brewton Davis]].
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After the crime, Shaw was allegedly found rinsing his bloody shirt in [[Pensacola Bay]], arrested and taken to the hospital where Davis, whose throat had been cut, positively identified him before dying. Headlines from the ''[[Pensacola Journal]]'' announced the "Brutal Assault by Burly Negro Upon White Lady."
