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Hanging a slave.

View of Darlington Court House and the sycamore tree where Amy Spain, a Negro slave, was hung by the citizens of Darlington, South Carolina on March 10, 1865. She was executed by a Confederate military court in the dying days of the American Civil War. She is believed to have been the last female sl...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Photo
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1865?]
Subjects:
Hanging > South Carolina > Darlington > Pictorial works.
Women slaves > South Carolina > Darlington > Pictorial works.
Spain, Amy, > approximately 1848-1865 > Death and burial > Pictorial works.
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Summary:View of Darlington Court House and the sycamore tree where Amy Spain, a Negro slave, was hung by the citizens of Darlington, South Carolina on March 10, 1865. She was executed by a Confederate military court in the dying days of the American Civil War. She is believed to have been the last female slave to be legally executed.
Originally published: Harper's weekly, September 30, 1865.
Item Description:Sketched by N.N. Edwards.
Detached from unknown publication.