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Cum Sow Was Killed, Probably by White Men

Date:April 17, 1858
Location:Columbia, California
Event Type:Lynching
Victim Names:Cum Sow
Victim Gender:Male
No. of Victims:1
Accusation:Unknown
Killing Method:Unknown
Occupation:Miner
Compiled By:Kevin Hegg

Narrative

On May 17, 1858, in Columbia, California, a Chinese man named Cum Sow was killed under circumstances that were never fully explained. A later local history recorded simply that Cum Sow, a “Chinaman,” was “killed in Columbia; probably by white men.” The brief notice preserves one of the few known names of a Chinese victim from the early Gold Rush years.
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From Lang, Herbert O. A History of Tuolumne County, California: Compiled from the Most Authentic Records. San Francisco: B.F. Alley, 1882. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/historyoftuolumn00lang/page/274/mode/2up.