Anthony Paul Dostie (1821–1866) was a dentist and civil rights advocate who was killed in the

New Orleans massacre of 1866 The New Orleans Massacre of 1866 occurred on July 30, when a peaceful demonstration of mostly Black Freedmen was set upon by a mob of white rioters, many of whom had been soldiers of the recently defeated Confederate States of America, leading t ...

. A book about his life was published in 1868 as ''The Life of A.P. Dostie'' or ''The Conflict in New Orleans'' by his daughter Emily Hazen Reed. It is illustrated with an

engraving Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an in ...

of Dostie by Augustus Robin of New York. Dostie was born in

Saratoga County Saratoga County is a county in the U.S. state of New York, and is the fastest-growing county in Upstate New York. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population was enumerated at 235,509, representing a 7.2% increase from the 2010 popul ...

, New York.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dostie, Anthony American dentists American civil rights activists 1821 births 1866 deaths 19th-century dentists Assassinated American civil rights activists