Sunday, September 14, 2008

Deacon Smith Has a Fight.

New York, 1895

Anderson Smith, deacon of the colored church at Roslyn, had a row with Benjamin Jenkins, one of the church members, over the ownership of a bridle. Smith was struck on the face by Jenkins and a deep scar was the result. Jenkins was arrested.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, July 5, 1895, p. 1.

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