Justus Schwab

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Justus Schwab
Frankfurt-am-Main
, Hesse, Germany
Died1900(1900-00-00) (aged 52–53)
New York City, United States
OccupationBarkeep

Justus H. Schwab (1847–1900) was the

Socialistic Labor Party and Johann Most
's entry to the United States.

Life

The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation commemorated Schwab's saloon with a plaque in 2012.

Justus H. Schwab was born in Germany in 1847.

East First Street) that was popular among radicals. Emma Goldman and the periodical Sturmvogel used the saloon as their mailing address. Writers including Ambrose Bierce, Sadakichi Hartmann, and James Huneker also frequented the bar.[2] The bar was advertised as "the gathering-place for all bold, joyful, and freedom-loving spirits".[3]

A

The Marseillaise" during his arrest.[4]

Schwab was cast out of the

anarchist in early 1880s,[2] a term that emerged during this period and was synonymous with social revolutionary, anti-authoritarian socialism.[9]

Schwab kept correspondence with Albert Parsons during the latter's imprisonment. Parsons carved a tugboat with his pocketknife and asked Schwab to raffle it with proceeds to go to Parsons' family, which it did, for $150 (equivalent to $5,087 in 2023).[10]

Personal life

Schwab was tall, with thick blond hair "like a Viking" and a deep voice.[3]

References

  1. ^ Goyens 2007, p. 69.
  2. ^ a b c d Falk 2003.
  3. ^ a b c Avrich 1984, p. 50.
  4. ^ a b Avrich 1984, p. 16.
  5. ^ Gutman 1965, pp. 54–55.
  6. ^ Hillquit 1906, p. 235.
  7. ^ Avrich 1984, p. 59.
  8. ^ Avrich 1984, p. 64.
  9. ^ Avrich 1984, p. 55.
  10. ^ Avrich 1984, p. 328, 360.

Bibliography

  • ISBN 978-0-691-04711-9
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  • Falk, Candace, ed. (2003). "Schwab, Justus H.".
    ISBN 978-0-520-08670-8
    .
  • Goyens, Tom (2007).
    ISBN 978-0-252-03175-5
    .
  • Goyens, Tom, ed. (2017).
    ISBN 978-0-252-08254-2
    .
  • Gutman, Herbert G. (1965). "The Tompkins square 'Riot' in New York City on January 13, 1874: A re-examination of its causes and its aftermath".
    ISSN 0023-656X
    .
  • Hillquit, Morris (1906). History of Socialism in the United States (4th ed.). New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
  • ISBN 978-0-252-09414-9
    .

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