New Albany, Indiana

New Albany historical plaque on riots of July 1862
Text: Mob Violence, 1862. In the summer [of] 1862, national newspapers reported violence against blacks in Toledo, Cincinnati, Chicago, and New Albany, where on July 21, a fight between black and white men sparked two days of attacks by white mobs on blacks and their property. One black man escaped attackers: he obtained shelter here at Israel boarding house: [the] owner barred her door to the mob. (Continued on other side) 1/1300 sec at f / 2.4 4.12 mm iPhone 5 Lawrence I. Charters