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New-York Tribune, August 7, 1841 A negro named Lyttleton has been sentenced, at New Orleans, to receive seventy-five lashes upon his bare back, and to wear an iron collar with THREE PRONGS around his neck for three months, for striking a white man!...   High-res

New-York Tribune, August 7, 1841

A negro named Lyttleton has been sentenced, at New Orleans, to receive seventy-five lashes upon his bare back, and to wear an iron collar with THREE PRONGS around his neck for three months, for striking a white man! Since the late rumor of an attempt at insurrection, the people of New Orleans have been very much incensed against the blacks, and seem determined to proceed with needless severity against those who offend.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, May 11, 1895 “It appears from the evidence that your offense consists in having been found standing beside a drunken man. I think that you were arrested because of prejudice against your color. From the manner of...   High-res

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, May 11, 1895 

“It appears from the evidence that your offense consists in having been found standing beside a drunken man. I think that you were arrested because of prejudice against your color. From the manner of the officers on the stand I judge this to be the fact. The police appear to believe that all colored men are scoundrels and thieves. I accordingly discharge you, because if I held you, it would be unsafe for any colored man to be found within a block of a drunken man.”