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Lombard Street Riot Historical Marker
- Related Story
- Lombard Street Riots Site
- Street Address
- S 6th St & Lombard St
- Creator Name
- Jessica Bozarth
- Date Created
- September 6 2007
- Description
- Pennsylvania Historical and Cultural Commission marker commemorating the Lombard Street Riot. Marker is at Starr Gardens. Text reads: "Here on August 1842 an angry mob of whites attacked a parade celebrating Jamaican Emancipation Day. A riot ensued. African Americans were beaten and their homes looted. The rioting lasted for 3 days. A local church and abolition meeting place were destroyed by fire."
- Contributing Institution
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Collection
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania: PhilaPlace Collection
- Tags
- 6th Street, Abolitionists, African Americans, Ethnic conflict, Free blacks, Historical markers, Irish Americans, James Forten, Lombard Street Riot, Nativism, Parades, Presbyterian Church, Race relations, Race riots, Robert Purvis, Slavery, Starr Garden, Violence
- Topics
- Civic Life & Politics
- Purchase This Image
- http://www.hsp.org/default.aspx?id=135
