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English: Lynching victim, southern USA, ca. 1889
Русский: Жертва суда Линча, юг США, 1889


Description

George Meadows, "murderer & rapist," lynched on scene of his last crime.

George Meadows was lynched at Pratt Mines (in Jefferson County) Alabama January 15 1889 [1]
Source

Photograph by L. Horgan, Jr. via http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aapmob.html
Date

1889. Photo probably either the day of the lynching (15 January) or not more than a day or so later.
Author

L. Horgan, Jr. (dates unknown). Photograph, c. 1889. LC-USZ62-31911　http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aapmob.html
Permission
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Copyright expired. PD http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aapmob.html


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15:31, 27 July 2005200×285 (16 KB)Quadell (Lynching victim, southern USA, 1889 {{PD}} Category:1889 Category:Black and white photographs Category:United States history Category:Lynchings)
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