In "Lynch Law, Again," published on February 19, 1880, the Richmond Dispatch reports on the lynching of Page Wallace, an African American who escaped from jail in Leesburg and then allegedly raped a white woman.
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Author: Richmond Dispatch
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"Page Wallace's Crime," Richmond Dispatch (February 3, 1880)
In "Page Wallace's Crime," published on February 3, 1880, the Richmond Dispatch reports on Page Wallace, an African American who escaped from jail in Leesburg and then allegedly raped a white woman. He was lynched two weeks later.
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“Negro Officers,” Richmond Dispatch (June 5, 1898)
In its editorial “Negro Officers,” published on June 5, 1898, the Richmond Dispatch makes the case against African American officers leading African American soldiers in the militia and in the volunteer regiments called to duty during the Spanish-American War (1898).
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“The Danville Riot,” Richmond Dispatch (November 4, 1883)
In “The Riot in Danville,” published on November 4, 1883, the Richmond Dispatch reports on racial violence in Danville that left at least five people dead.
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"Lynch Law and Barbarism," Richmond Dispatch (August 3, 1893)
In "Lynch Law and Barbarism," published on August 3, 1893, the Richmond Dispatch defends lynching as a necessary evil in defense of white womanhood. The writer states that rape is the cause of nearly all lynchings; in Virginia in the 1890s, however, victims of lynchings were accused of rape only 36 percent of the time.
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“They Hanged Him,” Richmond Dispatch (November 9, 1889)
In "They Hanged Him," published on November 9, 1889, the Richmond Dispatch reports on the lynching in Leesburg of Owen (sometimes Orion) Anderson, an African American man accused of scaring a white girl by putting a bag over his head.
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“Funeral Procession,” Richmond Dispatch (June 7, 1854)
A notice in the Richmond Dispatch, published on June 7, 1854, describes the funeral of Joseph Abrams, an African American Baptist minister.
