What the records say
- When
- 21 Jun 1863
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 41.50° N, 74.01° W
- Description
- lynching in 1863 in Newburgh, New York, United States
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Lynching of Robert Mulliner
Lynching in 1863 in Newburgh, New York, United States
Robert Mulliner was an African American itinerant laborer in Newburgh, New York. On June 21, 1863, Mulliner was violently dragged out from a courthouse jail and was then beaten by a mob of 50 Irishmen who later hanged Mulliner from a tree. Mulliner was jailed after allegedly raping an Irishwoman by the name of Ellen Clark.
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