Comments on: Murder of Octavius Catto

By: October 10 Peace Love Art Activism - The Woodstock Whisperer/Jim Shelley

October 10 Peace Love Art Activism - The Woodstock Whisperer/Jim Shelley — Sun, 10 Oct 2021 12:34:35 +0000

[…] 10, 1871: Frank Kelly assassinated Octavius Catto, a 32-year-old educator and civil rights activist, during an election day uprising in Philadelphia. […]

By: Essay: Remembering William Still and his fight for equality – Break The Knob

Thu, 07 Oct 2021 15:33:51 +0000

[…] motion. Throughout Nonetheless’s time solely males may vote, and Black males usually encountered violence when […]

By: Stop celebrating black criminals… – BREAKING News, Politics, and Opinion

Stop celebrating black criminals… – BREAKING News, Politics, and Opinion — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 03:08:34 +0000

[…] around the nation for even trying to vote. In one case, African American Republican activist Octavius Catto was murdered by democrats in Philadelphia. A few years later in 1874, nearly 30 were killed when […]

By: Getting Caught Up on Fall Photos – This Creative Midlife

Getting Caught Up on Fall Photos – This Creative Midlife — Wed, 05 May 2021 14:47:32 +0000

[…] as much of an effect as they would at night, but it was still interesting. We also saw the new-ish Octavius Catto Sculpture. I had my Canon EOS 5D Mark IV with the EF 24-105mm f/4L […]

By: PAT LEE

PAT LEE — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 18:10:20 +0000

An excerpt from a pamphlet called The Trial of Frank Kelly For The Assassination and Murder of Octavius V. Catto, on October 10, 1871. … He was returned to Philadelphia for his trial, which was recorded in this pamphlet. Despite testimony by six eyewitnesses who identified Kelly as the perpetrator, he was acquitted.

By: Wanda Stuart

Wanda Stuart — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 18:06:56 +0000

Edward Devers went to jail and The Bull got him out, Frank Kelly never did a day in jail, that’s a shame, You ought to hear some of the things he did in the courtroom of his trial. Frank Kelly move to Connecticut or Ohio and they gave him a Tavern there. A man was on the run and passed though the town and stopped by his tavern, and alot of the Politicians from Washington was there visiting him, You have to get the book Tasting Freedom By Daniel Biddle and Dubin

By: Wanda Stuart

Wanda Stuart — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 18:01:10 +0000

Octavius, went far and above and more than any black man in the 19th century. He was most definitely concern about the welfare of colored children’s education, he saw the only way for us to ever be who we are is education. Reading and writing was extremely important in those days. Either you got your education and move on or you didn’t and you live poor without housing, shelter or food. The man worked his but off! — if I was in those days, I would have been fighting too for the liberation and freedom of our people from slavery. The war was a tough cookie and the Union battled to defeat slavery forever and Catto, was in the center of attraction! If these people could just see the ignorance prejudice to the taste is some of his words. some say he was a sexist, but that’s not true. He was a respectable and a gentleman!

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 23:55:04 +0000

I had the same question, Mr. Sutton.

Found this: https://archive.org/details/trialoffrankkell00kell

By: On MLK Day, Let’s Tell the Whole American Story | News - Zedid

On MLK Day, Let’s Tell the Whole American Story | News - Zedid — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 13:20:55 +0000

[…] just erected its first statue dedicated to a specific African American — scholar and activist Octavius Catto — in its 335-year history. And we all know of the countless roads, schools and public squares […]

By: On MLK Day, Let’s Tell the Whole American Story – Icon PS

On MLK Day, Let’s Tell the Whole American Story – Icon PS — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 12:19:51 +0000