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A day of blood Roanoke, Va., September 20, 1893 : dedicated respectfully to the citizens of Roanoke

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African American pamphlet. local GEUCover title.Poem describing the September 21, 1893 lynching of Thomas Smith, a Black man, for the alleged murder of a White woman the day before.Electronic reproduction.digitizedThe online edition of this book in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by the Emory University Digital Library Publications Program.
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Roanoke Printing Company (Roanoke, Va.)
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Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. Lynching
  2. Poetry
  3. Roanoke
  4. Virginia

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