National Anti-Mob and Lynch Law Association Brochure   Save
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Description: This brochure for the National Anti-Mob and Lynch Law Association, headquartered in Springfield, Ohio, describes the organization's cause and contains endorsements of prominent political individuals. The organization sought to ensure a trial by jury for African Americans through petitioning Congress and the states to enact laws against lynching. Governor Asa Bushnell leads the endorsements for the Anti-Mob and Lynch Law Association and writes, "I cannot approve of lynching." Senators Marcus A. Hanna and Joseph B. Foraker also endorse the organization's goals. The brochure is five pages and measures 3.25" x 5.75" (8.26 x 14.61 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
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Subjects: African American Ohioans; Civil Liberties; Presidents and Politics; Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, 1837-1904; Foraker, Joseph Benson, 1846-1917; Lynching
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)