March 24, 1882

E10323 - March 24, 1882

Published: March 24, 2026

Duration: 9:35

Cincinnati, Ohio
March 24, 1862

Abolition's golden trumpet, Wendell Phillips, takes the stage at Pike's Opera House to tell a river city what it doesn't want to hear. The eggs come first. Then the rocks. Then the mob outside, waiting with a rope. The mayor watches and does nothing.

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