Massacres & mob attacks
Three nights against Black Philadelphia
11 - 14 August 1834Moyamensing and the blocks south of South Street, Philadelphia, PA
A white mob attacked Black Moyamensing for three nights in August 1834, wrecking more than thirty homes and sacking the First African Presbyterian Church. Forty-odd arrests followed and almost nothing else.
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