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Lynching Averted in Washington City

Jail transfer from the Police Court signed by Marshal Douglass, Nov. 28, 1880. Photo Workhouse Prison Museum at Lorton.

Our buddy and early GoDCer John has an excellent book out on Frederick Douglass. If you haven’t checked it out yet, you should. He’s an excellent writer and he was kind enough to share an excerpt with the GoDC community. There is no record of a lynching having ever occurred within today’s city limits of Washington, D.C. If the malediction ... Read More »

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