Rape: Timeline

1862   Indian Wars Indian Wars

Indian Wars is the name used by historians in the United States [i] to describe a series of conflicts be ... 

: In Minnesota Minnesota

Minnesota is a state [i] in the Midwestern [i] region of the United States [i] ... 

, more than 300 Santee Sioux Sioux

The Sioux are a Native American [i] people. ... 

 are found guilty of rape and murder Murder

A Murder is the unjust, immoral and/or illegal kill [i]ing of another human being. ... 

 of white settlers and are sentenced to hang.

1926   In San Francisco, California San Francisco, California

The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth-largest city in California [i] and the fourteenth-lar ... 

, a necrophiliac serial killer Serial killer

Serial killers are people who kill on at least three occasions with a break in between each murder.... 

 named Earle Nelson (dubbed "Gorilla Man") kills and then rapes his 9th victim, a boardinghouse landlady named Mrs. William Edmonds.

1931   The Scottsboro Boys Scottsboro Boys

The case of the Scottsboro Boys arose in Alabama [i] during the 1930s [i], when nine black [i] you ... 

 are arrested in Alabama Alabama

Alabama is a U.S. state [i] located in the Southern [i] United States [i]. ... 

 and charged with rape.

1937   Alabama Alabama

Alabama is a U.S. state [i] located in the Southern [i] United States [i]. ... 

 drops rape charges against the so-called "Scottsboro Boys Scottsboro Boys

The case of the Scottsboro Boys arose in Alabama [i] during the 1930s [i], when nine black [i] you ... 

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