Louie Sam was a member of the Stó:lō First Nation in British Columbia who was lynched by an American mob. Sam was 14 at the time these events occurred. He had been accused of the murder of James Bell, a shopkeeper in Nooksack (today Whatcom County, Washington). The Stó:lō people turned him over to the B.C. government to settle the matter. Following this, an angry mob crossed the border into Canada on February 24 and captured Sam, … Wikipedia
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