09/03/1869: “Rape” (Nelson Strang)

Entry/Object ID

NP.0526

Collection

Newspaper Articles

Archive Items Details

Description

“Rape” A negro named Nelson Strang was arrested in this place one day last week and taken to New Market for examination upon the charge of committing a rape upon a white girl named Georgianna McDaniel, aged 6 years. The result of the examination was the committal of the negro to await the action of the Grand Jury. The evidence, which we have been permitted to examine, disclosed a horrible state of bestiality and lewdness on the part of the mother of the little girl, and is disgusting in the extreme. The little girl, however, is an innocent victim, and both the mother and the negro brute, should be promptly dealt with.

Date(s) of Creation

9/3/1869

Other Names and Numbers

Other Names

Name Type

Free Blacks

Other Name

Strang, Nelson

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Source Citation

Other Number

Platte County Reveille (Platte City, MO, 1866-1871): 09/03/1869, p. 3

Copyright

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Research Notes

Research Type

Researcher

Person

Bill Nichols

Date

7/6/2026

General Notes

Note

Platte City, Missouri

Note

1869.09.03 Nelson Strang Platte_County_Reveille_1869_09_03_3.pdf

Note

BAAC workbook: 1839-(open) Newspaper Articles CatalogIt version.xlsx [Newspapers begun 04.16.26]

Create Date

September 2, 2026

Update Date

September 16, 2026

Name/Title

09/03/1869: “Rape” (Nelson Strang)