San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856
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San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856
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San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856
San Francisco. Committee of vigilance
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San Francisco. Committee of vigilance
Committee of Vigilance (San Francisco)
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Committee of Vigilance (San Francisco)
Committee of Vigilance
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Committee of Vigilance
Committee of Vigilance (San Francisco, Calif. : 1856)
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Committee of Vigilance (San Francisco, Calif. : 1856)
San Francisco (Calif.). Committee of Vigilance (1856)
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San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856
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San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856
Committee of Vigilance San Francisco, Calif
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Committee of Vigilance San Francisco, Calif
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The San Francisco Committees of Vigilance of 1851 and 1856 were formed when crime became widespread in the city of San Francisco in the wake of the Gold Rush. In 1856, the murder of James King of William sparked the reactivation of vigilante activities. King, a San Francisco newspaper editor, was shot by James. P. Casey, a corrupt official, after King attacked Casey in the columns of his paper. Immediately 10,000 men hastened to join the vigilantes, and William T. Coleman was again chosen as leader. Opposition to the vigilance committee was led by California Supreme Court Justice David S. Terry, but the efforts of his group were largely ineffective. The "Great Committee" of the vigilantes functioned for five months, then surrendered its powers to a regularly constituted civil authority.
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Crime
Political corruption
Vigilance committees
Vigilance committees
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San Francisco (Calif.)
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California
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California--San Francisco
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San Francisco (Calif.)
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California--San Francisco
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