David was a preacher. He married Berdis after she left her first husband because of his drug abuse. The family was very poor and lived in Harlem. Berdis had nine children with David. Stepson James was from her first marriage, and David treated James harsher than on the other children. David died of tuberculosis and was buried during the Harlem Riot. White NYPD officer James Collins had shot and wounded Robert Bandy, a black soldier. Rumors circulated that Bandy was killed, and the riot was chiefly directed by black residents against white-owned property in Harlem. It was one of six riots in the nation that year related to such tensions.
David was a preacher. He married Berdis after she left her first husband because of his drug abuse. The family was very poor and lived in Harlem. Berdis had nine children with David. Stepson James was from her first marriage, and David treated James harsher than on the other children. David died of tuberculosis and was buried during the Harlem Riot. White NYPD officer James Collins had shot and wounded Robert Bandy, a black soldier. Rumors circulated that Bandy was killed, and the riot was chiefly directed by black residents against white-owned property in Harlem. It was one of six riots in the nation that year related to such tensions.
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