San Francisco Vigilance Movement

San Francisco Vigilance Movement
Charles Cora et James Casey pendus par le comité de vigilance à San Francisco, en 1856.

Le San Francisco Vigilance Movement était un comité de vigilance qui se constitua par deux fois à San Francisco en 1851 et 1856, pendant la ruée vers l'or en Californie, afin de lutter contre la criminalité et la corruption.


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