September 22, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/22/2011
Newspaper, Harper's Weekly, New York.16pp., complete issue, disbound, August 25, 1866, VG. From the front cover, a full page engraving shows the murder of Reverend Horton as he attempts to surrender (note the white flag) during "The Riot In New Orleans." Then theme is continued on the center spread with five vignettes of the riot depicting the shooting of both Whites and Blacks. On July 30, 1864, angered by the enactment of the Black Codes in Louisiana, and by the legislature's refusal to give black men the vote, the Radical Republicans in Louisiana reconvened the constitutional convention of 1864. Former confederates, aided by the New Orleans police and fearful that the state would fall out of Southern white control, attacked the gathering. Both the blacks and the delegates were targets and were shot even after raising white flags of surrender as they tried to flee the building where the convention was being held. Local police, rather than assisting those under attack, participated in it. Federal troops had been called for assistance but by the time they arrived it was too late to prevent the violence. 100 persons were injured in the fighting and thirty-four blacks and three white Radicals were killed.
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