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A lynching in Montgomery

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch March 23, 1863: A Spy Hung. –Saturday morning last the Vigilance Committee resumed the examination of Dan’l S. E. Starr, who was charged with having written an Abolition book, which we believe, was found in … Continue reading

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Vigilance; Commerce Slows More

From The New-York Times December 14, 1860: HANGING BY A VIGILANCE COMMITTEE. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Thursday, Dec. 13. A letter from Friar’s Point, Miss., says that the Vigilance Committee have hung three carpenters for inciting the slaves to rebellion. Other Northerners … Continue reading

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