Mayor's Court

Mayor's Court

An August 13, 1872 report of the August 9 session of the Mayor's Court in Florence at which African-American resident Ellen Amonett was charged with "chastising" Amelia Cooper for "slander-talk" and was fined by Mayor Neander H. Rice for $10 or ten days in jail. Emma Hardy a...

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Main Author: *Lauderdale Times*
Format: Electronic
Published: Project Say Something: The Shoals Black History Collection
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Photographs, documents, and clippings
Online Access:https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/865
format Electronic
collection The Law, Crime and Punishment Collection
building Project Say Something: The Shoals Black History Collection
publisher Project Say Something: The Shoals Black History Collection
topic Photographs, documents, and clippings
spellingShingle Photographs, documents, and clippings
Mayor's Court
*Lauderdale Times*
fulltopic Photographs, documents, and clippings
description An August 13, 1872 report of the August 9 session of the Mayor's Court in Florence at which African-American resident Ellen Amonett was charged with "chastising" Amelia Cooper for "slander-talk" and was fined by Mayor Neander H. Rice for $10 or ten days in jail. Emma Hardy and Martha Armistead, two other black women, were also charged with a similar offense--jaw-slapping and hair-pulling and sentenced to a fine of $5 or five days in jail,.
spelling Mayor's Court*Lauderdale Times*An August 13, 1872 report of the August 9 session of the Mayor's Court in Florence at which African-American resident Ellen Amonett was charged with "chastising" Amelia Cooper for "slander-talk" and was fined by Mayor Neander H. Rice for $10 or ten days in jail. Emma Hardy and Martha Armistead, two other black women, were also charged with a similar offense--jaw-slapping and hair-pulling and sentenced to a fine of $5 or five days in jail,.Newspapers.com Lee Freemanhttps://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/865https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/36745/archive/files/79e44bbfef6e8d72fb9aec513ae111e2.jpg?Expires=1717027200&Signature=e%7E7MpmIcS0IUssDIMEXWzHggRB4Ci5eymN0x9v5ILUXdQH2U%7EQ65JsQ-3B0-0bIjM6IsGbjz1svXm4sso2CM0SWdvr8OZfxKQiFQHFDDn3UqmRwOVOrzi%7EvFksnhN8YFHNhJYsrtxV8fk8FNDb6pP8x6AqNETDOHS9VQ3WI90E7HqiUFkiPDbtfRuiHSA8rO6VK32f5PcKLFqK7XzMe-pnm%7EAD57x7TepETVz7njw6HjjlQEyJypXEYDgMM6RBycJW0wGgyRWZ1i3k2ZHx8nU4iUz43CTHCUoT2VUL4kXkAU1mHwS%7EI1zi3XRDdPtVGF435T%7EPyn4E%7EyRhZi3FuIMQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM*Lauderdale Times,* Tuesday, August 13, 1872, p. 3.Images are available for educational and research purposes. This image may not be reproduced for commercial purposes without the express written consent of the copyright holder. It is the responsibility of the interested party to identify the copyright holder and receive permission.
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