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Special Corrwomh'nct' nf the Ciftrlnnatt Gazette.LoruviLLK. Kr., March f.In May lflFt a number of negroes livingin the vicinity of Gravel Switch, a station on the Louisville k Knoxville Railroad, in Kentucky, were taken from their house, or the house of one of them, where they were assembled, and were spending a social evening together, and whipped. One ot the party, a negjy* who attempted to «*cttpe, was shot and kiUad by the vigQanee committee. Several others were whipped; one colored man named Tucker, who owned a small patch of land and a cabin, was severely beaten. The reason assigned for beating Tnckerwras, that “no d—d nigger should own land in this county.” •* a _____1 ^ if _ _______ J ___1- ill - l.ie -
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Cincinnati Semi Weekly Gazette
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Tue, Mar 08, 1870
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