Michael Green was an African American man who was lynched by a band of masked men near Upper Marlboro, Maryland on September 1, 1878.
[1] Green was arrested for assaulting Miss Alice Sweeny on August 26, 1878, and held at the jail in Upper Marlboro.
[1] Threats of lynching were openly made and were held off by the vigilance of Sheriff James N.W.
[1][2] After several days, a band of masked men removed Green from the jail, placed a noose around his neck and hung him 15 feet in the air from a tree outside of town.
[1] His body remained dangling from the tree and was observed the next morning.