Mayor's Court

Title

Description

An August 13, 1872 report of the August 9 session of the Mayor's Court in Florence at which African-American resident Ellen Amonett was charged with "chastising" Amelia Cooper for "slander-talk" and was fined by Mayor Neander H. Rice for $10 or ten days in jail. Emma Hardy and Martha Armistead, two other black women, were also charged with a similar offense--jaw-slapping and hair-pulling and sentenced to a fine of $5 or five days in jail,.

Creator

*Lauderdale Times*

Source

*Lauderdale Times,* Tuesday, August 13, 1872, p. 3.

Publisher

Newspapers.com

Contributor

Lee Freeman

Rights

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Files

Mayors Court LT Tues Aug 13 1872 p 3.jpg

Collection

The Law, Crime and Punishment

Citation

*Lauderdale Times*, “Mayor's Court,” Shoals Black History, accessed January 16, 2025, https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/865.