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The 1891 New Orleans lynchings were the murders of 11 Italian Americans, immigrants in New Orleans, by a mob for their alleged role in the murder of police chief David Hennessy after some of them had been acquitted at trial. It was the largest single mass lynching in American history.
The cotton pickers' strike of 1891 was a labor action of African-American sharecroppers in Lee County, Arkansas in September, 1891. The strike led to open conflict between strikers and plantation owners, racially-motivated violence, and both a sheriff's posse and a lynching party.
Sociologist Arthur F. Raper investigated one hundred lynchings during the 1930s and estimated that approximately one-third of the victims were falsely accused. [4] [5] On a per capita basis, lynchings were also common in California and the Old West, especially of Latinos, although they represented less than 10% of the national total.
On April 29, 1891, a circus troupe with many African Americans was in Franklin. [1] Taylor went to Franklin and reportedly shot a circus artist named Morrellton. [2] A policeman named Charles Cook tried to arrest him, and Taylor reportedly shot him in the neck. [1] [2] Taylor was arrested. [1] He reportedly carried two guns and a knife. [1]
The March 14, 1891 New Orleans lynchings were the largest ever mass lynchings in Louisiana history. [8] The use of the term "mafia" by local media in relation to the murder is the first-known usage of the word in print.
The largest mass-lynching in American history was the mass-lynching of eleven Italians in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1891. The city had been the destination for numerous Italian immigrants. [11] [12] Nineteen Italians who were thought to have assassinated police chief David Hennessy were arrested and held in the Parish Prison. Nine were tried ...
Eleven people were lynched on March 14, 1891, for their alleged role in the murder of David Hennessy, which was widely believed at the time to be a Mafia assassination. This claim has since been disputed by some historians. Several of the lynch victims had been tried and acquitted, and some had not been tried. See March 14, 1891 lynchings.
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