Rope used in the lynching of Raymond Byrd

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A piece of rope used to bind Raymond Byrd’s hands when he was lynched in Wythe County, Virginia on August 15, 1926. The rope is constructed from twisted twine and has been coiled into a circle. Both ends of the rope are frayed but are held together with single pieces of twine.

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