Image: Lombard Street Riot Historical Marker at 6th and Lombard Sts Philadelphia PA (DSC 4614)

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Description: Lombard Street Riot. Here on August 1, 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. (Historical marker located at 6th and Lombard Sts. Philadelphia PA - Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission 2005)
Title: Lombard Street Riot Historical Marker at 6th and Lombard Sts Philadelphia PA (DSC 4614)
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