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Unnamed Elderly Chinese Man Beat to Death

Date:January 28, 1878
Location:Sacramento, California
Event Type:Lynching
Victim Names:Unnamed
Victim Gender:Male
No. of Victims:1
Accusation:Anti-Chinese prejudice
Killing Method:Beating (bludgeoned)
Compiled By:Nicholas Mason
Map showing location of Sacramento, California

Narrative

On January 28, 1878, a gang of ten to fifteen boyes beat an elderly Chinese man to death in Sacramento, California,