<Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Conviction (s) </Th> <Td> Capital murder </Td> </Tr> <P> Lena Baker (June 8, 1900--March 5, 1945) was an African American maid in Cuthbert, Georgia who was convicted of capital murder of her white employer, Ernest Knight . She was executed by the state of Georgia in 1945 . Baker was the only woman in Georgia to be executed by electrocution . </P> <P> The slaying and execution came during a decades - long period of state suppression of civil rights of black citizens in Georgia by the white - dominated society . It had disenfranchised blacks since the turn of the century, and imposed legal racial segregation and second - class status . At the time of the trial, a local newspaper reported that Baker was held as a "slave woman" by Knight, and that she shot him in self - defense during a struggle . </P>

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