Negro outrages in Greene and Sumter County AL
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Title
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Negro outrages in Greene and Sumter County AL
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Source Type
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Newspaper
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Publisher
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The Daily Picayune
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Publication Place
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New Orleans, LA
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Publication Date
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9/25/1874
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Transcript
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When the party was fired into, Mr. A. Robinson was mortally and Mr. Thos Little dangerously wounded; the others reported results in Forkland. The citizens met and sent out scouts, who found the negroes dispersed. about daylight they were found reassmbled and marching on Forkland. The whites made a charge killing a negro leader (granville) and capturing another leader (skinner), with eight others. In the charge several whites were wounded, among them mr. barton whose horse was also shot.
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Sources for
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063-18740909-001