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Francis Thomas

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Subtitle: The Vile and Villainous Negro, Who, for Twenty-Seven Years, Has Passed Himself off as a Woman-His Arrest. Article in The Daily Gazette about Frances Thompson's arrest that also details her previous testimony of rape during the Memphis Riots.

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Identifier
zw12z556v
Collection
Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
Institution
Digital Transgender Archive
Publisher
The Daily Gazette
Date Issued
1876
Genre
Clippings
Subject(s)
Frances Thompson
Lucy Smith
Places
Tennessee > Shelby County > Memphis
Topic(s)
Black transgender people
Chain gangs
Police harassment
Trans women
Transgender victims of rape
Resource Type
Text
Language
English
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