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The 1891 New Orleans Lynching and U.S.-Italian Relations: A Look Back. Marco Rimanelli, Sheryl L. Postman. New York: P. Lang. ISBN 0-8204-1672-X. OCLC 24550271. Woolf, Christopher (November 26, 2015). "A Brief History of America's Hostility to a Previous Generation of Mediterranean Migrants — Italians". The World from PRX
Italians have had a presence in the New Orleans area since the explorations of the Europeans. [2] Many Sicilians immigrated to New Orleans in the 19th century, traveling on the Palermo-New Orleans route by ship. [3] [4] The number of Italians who immigrated in the late 19th century greatly exceeded those who had come before the American Civil ...
David C. Hennessy (1858 – October 16, 1890) was an American policeman and detective who served as a police chief of New Orleans from 1888 until his death in 1890. As a young detective, he made headlines in 1881 when he captured a notorious Italian criminal, Giuseppe Esposito.
The city developed through the early 20th century and had a growing population, as people came in from rural areas to work in the lumber mills and timber processing. Because it was the center of a major agricultural area, Tallulah became the site of the Louisiana Delta Fair, held annually in October through the first half of the 20th century.
The largest mass-lynching in American history was the mass-lynching of eleven Italians in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1891. The city had been the destination for numerous Italian immigrants. [11] [12] Nineteen Italians who were thought to have assassinated police chief David Hennessy were arrested and held in the Parish Prison. Nine were tried ...
This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Italian Americans in Louisiana. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The discovery of a black man found hanged from a tree in Mississippi quickly made national headlines and brought back some unpleasant memories of American's violent, racially charged past. "Otis ...
Lynchings of Mer Rouge, Louisiana; M. Murder of Frank Morris This page was last edited on 17 June 2020, at 05:33 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...