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BALTIMORE, Maryland in the 1870s: 1 through 7 of 7

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  1. Maryland Holds a State Temperance Convention
    date May 7, 1873 to May 8, 1873map BALTIMORE, Marylandtags African-Americans, Church/Religious-Activity

    A State Temperance Convention assembled in Baltimore, Maryland with the purpose of forming an auxiliary to the National Temperance Convention in New York. A large presence of over three hundred delegates attended the convention, a number of which were African-Americans occupying seats in common with white delegates. The delegates, in general, were composed of a variety of distinguished figures representing...

  2. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad compete against Pennsylvania Central
    date January 13, 1874map BALTIMORE, Marylandtags Economy, Migration/Transportation

    As reported in Baltimore's The Sun a fight between the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Pennsylvania Central Railroad produced reduced ticket rates between the cities of Chicago, Cincinnati, and St. Louis on one side and Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington D.C. on the other. The competition with Pennsylvania Central was a credit to the success of the Baltimore and Ohio. The two railways...

  3. Temperance Alliance of the State of Maryland
    date May 6, 1874map BALTIMORE, Marylandtags Church/Religious-Activity

    The inaugural convention for the Temperance Alliance of the State of Maryland was held on May 6, 1874. There were four hundred delegates present, including 260 from the city of Baltimore, approximately fifty women, and at least fifty blacks. There were also several Reverends who spoke at the convention. A resolution was proposed to aid the women's temperance crusade and request women from the state...

  4. Railway Labor Strike
    date July 16, 1877 to July 29, 1877map BALTIMORE, Marylandtags Crime/Violence, Health/Death, Economy

    On July 16, 1877 tensions over pay cuts for railway workers finally came to a head as firemen and brakemen for railroads in Baltimore went on strike. The strikers assembled at Camden Junction, 30 miles from Baltimore, and refused to allow trains to move in any direction. Word of the strike quickly spread to West Virginia, and eventually into Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Kentucky as other railway workers...

  5. A Black Girl Robs another Girl of Fifteen Cents
    date January 24, 1878map BALTIMORE, Marylandtags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Law, Race-Relations

    Elizabeth Burley, a twelve year old black girl, was charged on the twenty-third of January with robbing Louisa Kerling. Kerling, who was on the way to a store was supposedly choked by Burley until she gave her, her fifteen cents. Someone heard Kerling's yells and Burley was handed over to police officer Trainor, who took her to the police station. She then awaited a hearing. Although Louisa Kerling...

  6. Son Writes to His Mother from School in Baltimore
    date October 14, 1878map BALTIMORE, Marylandtags Arts/Leisure, Economy, Education, Urban-Life/Boosterism, Women

    Shirley, going to school in Baltimore, Maryland, wrote his mother about his life in Baltimore and also reflected on how he wished to take care of her. He talked about how he was in the fourth grade, and depending on his examination grades, he would move to the third, second, and first grades. He then mentioned that he could go on to Baltimore College. He liked this idea but he also quickly stated that...

  7. Death of Margaret Jane Blake
    date 1879 to March, 1880map BALTIMORE, Marylandtags African-Americans, Health/Death, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Women

    The last job of Margaret Jane Blake, a former slave, was as servant to the Walter B. B. family. Eleanor McC. (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. B.) moved from Baltimore to Chicago when she married Mr. McC. and brought Margaret Blake with her. In the winter of 1879 Eleanor decided to visit her mother and family in Baltimore, Maryland for Christmas. She took with her, her daughter and Margaret Blake....