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JACKSON, Mississippi in the 1870s: 1 through 6 of 6

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  1. Conquoror of Diseases
    date January 29, 1870map JACKSON, Mississippitags Health/Death, War

    In January 1870, there was an advertisement in The Weekly Mississippi Pilot for Doctor Porter, the great medical electrician, electric physician, and conqueror of diseases. This doctor claimed to have visited states and major cities all around the United States and was extremely successful in curing all diseases, especially ones that were chronic, long lasting, and that have not been able to be cured...

  2. African Americans on Republican Party Ticket for State Office
    date August 28, 1873map JACKSON, Mississippitags African-Americans, Government, Politics, Race-Relations

    In the heat of late August in Mississippi, the Republican Party's State Convention of 1873 was still in session trying to appoint candidates for upcoming elections. Finally two candidates had been selected-A.K. Davis was nominated for Lieutenant Governor, while James Hill was chosen to run for Secretary of State-and both men were African American. This was a crucial decision for the Republican Party...

  3. Southern Democrats reduce spending of State Governments
    date April, 1875 to May, 1875map JACKSON, Mississippitags Economy

    Led by mostly straight Democrats, many southern states including Mississippi and Alabama reduced their economic cost in 1875. The point of these operations was to return the states to fiscal balance and regain power, abolishing their debts. These southern states halted the funding and economic partnership with the railroads, reducing their economic leverage. They also shrank the size and cost of the...

  4. WANTED
    date July 31, 1875map JACKSON, Mississippitags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Government, Law, Slavery

    A wanted ad for a man named Jeff Williams appeared in The Daily Mississippi Pilot?s reward section. Williams was a convict who escaped while under lease to a family and working on the Noxubee river levee. The Governor of Mississippi offered 50 dollars for someone to arrest and take Williams to the state penitentiary. The description of the man at large was listed. Along with including his height and...

  5. Mississippi Democrats enact the “Mississippi Plan'
    date May, 1875 to November, 1875map JACKSON, Mississippitags African-Americans, Race-Relations

    Led by James Z. George and L.Q.C Lamar, Mississippi Democrats made plans to drive the local Republicans from office. The plan was to lure freedman with promises of protected civil rights and to threaten those who remained faithful to the Republicans. By the summer of 1875 the Democrats had created extralegal militias to encourage conversion by means of violence and intimidation. This followed the...

  6. Letter from African American addressing white Democrats
    date February, 1879map JACKSON, Mississippitags African-Americans

    In early 1879, a black man anonymously wrote to Governor John Marshall Stone chastising white Democrats in Mississippi. The letter addresses many things, such as the myths about black men wanting white women. No document better captures the anger that black men from Mississippi reserved for those most directly responsible for stealing the promise of Reconstruction away from them.An excerpt from the...