Publication Place: Springfield, Illinois / Subject (Topic): Lynching

Published / Created:: 1908.
Call Number:: GEN MSS FILE 693
Container / Volume:: (File)
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Photographic postcard depicting the tree where Scott Burton was lynched on August 14, 1908 during the Springfield, Illinois race riot, taken by an unidentified photographer
Description:: Captions in English.
Subject (Geographic):: Illinois., Illinois, Springfield., and Springfield (Ill.)
Subject (Name):: Burton, Scott, 1852-1908.
Subject (Topic):: African Americans, Violence against, Lynching, Race riots, Riots, and Race relations
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tree where Burton was hanged by mob, Springfield, Aug 08.

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