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Josefa was a mexican woman from Sonora, Mexico who was hanged by a mob of frontier miners in Downivielle in 1851. She was 26 years old and pregnant when the lynching took place on July 4, 1851. Inscription in pencil below the image area reads "35/200, Josefa Juanita, Patricia Rodriguez 77"
Chicanas Women Lynching Women in art Mexican Americans Violence Rape Gold miners California Gold rushes California 1840-1850. TGM-1 Juanita, Josefa, ca. 1825-1851
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