Memphis massacre, Harper's Weekly, 1866

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Source Collection

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