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Tag: Popular justice Los Angeles 1850s history

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“In Defending This People From Danger”: The Barton Massacre of 23 January 1857, Part Six

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 29, 2023January 29, 2023
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“Go Forth in the Names of the Brave Men They’ve Killed”: The Barton Massacre of 23 January 1857, Part Four

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 27, 2023
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“Their Destinies Should Be United, and Live or Die Together”: The Legal and Extralegal Executions of Felipe Alvitre and David Brown, 12 January 1855, Part Three

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 14, 2023
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“Let Us Be Ready, When the Time Arrives, To Act”: The Legal and Extralegal Executions of Felipe Alvitre and David Brown, 12 January 1855, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 12, 2023January 13, 2023
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“Shall Powerful Friends and Money, Color and Race and Legal Nothingisms Continue to Neutralize Our Judiciary?”: The Legal and Extralegal Executions of Felipe Alvitre and David Brown, 12 January 1855, Part One

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  • Posted on January 11, 2023January 12, 2023
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“Great Excitement in Los Angeles—The People In Arms”: Read All About It in the “New York Tribune,” 9 February 1855

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 9, 2022February 10, 2022
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