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"The life and adventures of Charles Anderson Chester": Charles Anderson Chester Murdered by Black Herkles
- Neighborhood
- Fishtown/Kensington
- Date Created
- 1850
- Description
- Image of African American man standing above body of Charles Anderson Chester, whom he has just stabbed. Caption: "Come on you dam Killers," he bawled, "I've stuck your buyyly, and I'm ready for de wust of you!"
- Contributing Institution
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Collection
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Books and Pamphlets Collection (Wq*.929 v-1)
- Source (Bibliographic)
- "The life and adventures of Charles Anderson Chester : the notorious leader of the Philadelphia "killers," who was murdered,...on...1849." Philadelphia : Printed for the publishers, 1850.
- Tags
- African Americans, Charles Anderson Chester, Murders, Race riots
- Topics
- Public & Social Life
- Purchase This Image
- http://www.hsp.org/default.aspx?id=135
