New York--Hanging and Burning A Negro in Clarkson Street

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NYPL ID number: 809569

Date:

188?

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Picture Collection, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
Mobs lynched many of the black men they caught on the streets, hanging them on trees or lamp posts.

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“New York--Hanging and Burning A Negro in Clarkson Street,” Black Gotham Archive, accessed July 10, 2018, https://archive.blackgothamarchive.org/items/show/85/.