Crowd of people gathered to watch the lynching of
Crowd of people gathered to watch the lynching of Jesse Washington, Waco, Texas, May 15, 1916. Immediately after his quick confession based conviction, Washington was castrated and then slowly burned to death as 10, 000 gathered at the scene. (BSLOC_2015_16_151)
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11969357
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45356825
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3000px x 1700px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Everett Collection
Source
Everett Collection
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