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Rope used to lynch Matthew Williams
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Williams, Matthew, 1908 -1931
- Owned by
- Henderson, Paul, American, 1899 - 1988
- Date
- December 1931
- Medium
- rope and oil with lead on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
- Description
- A section of rope (a) tethered to a handwritten note that is in two pieces (bc).The note, written by Paul Henderson, is composed of graphite on tan paper, in a faint hand at the top is [Lyncher's Rope]. The main text of the note starts [Rope "souvenir" which was used by Salisbury, Md. mob to hang Matthew Williams, 23-year-old citizen]. Secured to the bottom of the note with two pieces of twine, the rope has been soaked in oil and appears brown in color. The note has been folded in multiple places and worn at the folds. It has been repaired with tape at the top fold and the bottom portion, holds the rope, has come completely detached.
- Place depicted
- Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Type
- ropework
- Topic
- Hate crimes
- Local and regional
- Lynching
- Race discrimination
- U.S. History, 1919-1933
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of The Estate of Paul S. Henderson
- Object number
- 2013.50abc
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain