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  1. Fracas' between Officers and Colored People aboard Kentucky Train
    date July 16, 1877map MONTGOMERY, Tennesseetags Crime/Violence, Economy, Race-Relations

    On the morning of July 16th, 1877, an excursion train of black people left Clarksville, Tennessee en route to attend the funeral services of the black Reverend Wm. Neville. During the duration of the trip, news somehow reached the sheriff of Todd country, KY that there were some blacks on board the train who were engaging in illegal commerce: the selling and buying of cigars and liquors on board the...