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The negro convict, More, showered to death

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The negro convict, More, showered to death
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Punishments

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1858
Topics
Punishment & torture
Auburn Prison
Executions -- New York (State) -- Auburn
Prison guards -- New York (State) -- Auburn
Prisoners -- New York (State) -- Auburn
Punishment & torture -- New York (State) -- Auburn
Punishment devices -- New York (State) -- Auburn
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Content: Written on border: "Dec. 18, 1858" "Auburn State Prison, New York." Printed on border: "The convict, More, was a negro. He is certified to have been a man of naturally pleasant temper, but violent when crossed. …he was dragged by main force, and after many violent struggles, to the shower-bath; all the water that was in the tank -- amounting to from three to five barrels, the quantity is uncertain -- was showered upon him in spite of his piteous cries; a few minutes after his release from the bath he fell prostrate, was carried to his cell, and died in five minutes." "The use of the shower-bath as a means of coercing criminals into submission to the orders of prison authorities began to be general about the year 1845." Includes additional text.
Source note: Harper's weekly : a journal of civilization. (New York : Harper' s Weekly Co., 1857-1916).
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NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17696948
Barcode: 33333159443783
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e60b6140-c561-012f-f1ca-58d385a7bc34
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  • 1858: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The New York Public Library. "The negro convict, More, showered to death" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1858. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1cde-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The New York Public Library. "The negro convict, More, showered to death" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 26, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1cde-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The New York Public Library. (1858). The negro convict, More, showered to death Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1cde-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The negro convict, More, showered to death