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Periodical image collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0013.001_01.037.2a
Description
Front page (p.321) of "Harper's Weekly", 10:491, published on May 26, 1866, with two "Scenes in Memphis, Tennessee, During the Riot", later termed the Memphis Massacre. The first is titled "Burning a freedmen's school-house" and the second "Shooting down Negroes on the morning of May 2, 1866". Both were by Alfred Rudolph Waud (1828-1891).
Date Created
2-7-2022
Date
1866 May 26
Recommended Citation
"Memphis massacre, Harper's Weekly, 1866" (2022). Images. 6.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-periodicalimagesofmemphis1/6
Memphis Riots. Description continued, page 322
Keywords
Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866.
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