"Burning
a Freedman's Schoolhouse,"
Harper's Weekly, May 26, 1866.
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During
three days of racial violence in Memphis in May, 1866, white mobs destroyed
hundreds of structures in the black community, including a freedman's
school.
At least forty-six blacks (most of them Union veterans) died and more
than 70 were wounded. 5 black women were raped, and 12 churches and
4 schools were burned Two whites also died in the disturbance.