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Postcard of the Quadruple Lynching of Four African Americans at Russellville, Kentucky, 1908
Mechanically-printed postcard from a photograph, titled in the margin "Taken from Death," Lynching at Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky, July 31, 1908, with a description of the cedar tree from which the men are hung as a local landmark which has seen nine lynchings, including some of white men. Copyright to Jack Morton, Nashville, Tennessee, who also sold a full color version of this image.
In 1908, African American Rufus Browder shot and killed James Cunningham, a prominent white farmer for whom he worked, out of self defense. Browder was arrested and moved to Louisville, KY for his own protection. Subsequently, a group of Browder's friends were arrested and placed in jail for "disturbing the peace," and on the night of Aug. 1, 1908, a white mob entered the jail and demanded the prisoners. With the jailer's cooperation, the prisoners were handed over to the mob and hanged simultaneously from the same tree. A note pinned to one of the men read, "Let this be a warning to you niggers to let white people alone or you will go the same way." The four victims were Virgil Jones, Robert Jones, Thomas Jones, and Joseph Riley.
Condition:
Light wear to corners, some staining over text.
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