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  1. Silencing Lynching
    date August 17, 1895map BALTIMORE CITY, Marylandtags Government, Race-Relations

    In the turbulent South of the late 19th century, the act of lynching was a well-established institution. This degrading act of vigilante violence was initiated to control; mainly African-Americans in a predominantly white society. A response article was written to the African-American Ledger, a black operated newspaper in Baltimore, rebuking these despicable acts towards a fellow human being. A spark...

  2. A Negro Killed
    date January 28, 1864 to 1864map BROOKE, Virginiatags African-Americans, Arts/Leisure, Crime/Violence, Law, Race-Relations, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    The crime was reported in the newspaper with a bit of contempt, as if it was a mildly amusing diversion in the late days of the Civil War. According to the Wellsburg Herald, the black population of Wellsburg had been meeting nightly at societies or parties at the residences of other free blacks. But on this particular night something went wrong, or as the local white-owned newspaper mused, [the party]...

  3. An 1860 Presidential Debate Comes to Blows
    date October 13, 1860map WYTHE, Virginiatags Crime/Violence, Government, Politics

    Less than a year before the Civil War spread destruction throughout the state of Virginia, a heated exchange between two Democrats indicated the sharp divide that split the party. In the election of 1860, the Democratic vote was split between three candidates, John Bell, Stephen Douglas, and John Breckinridge. During a formal debate between Gen. George Blow, a Douglas Democrat, L.H. Chandler, a Bell...

  4. Denial of Serive
    date August 3, 1895map CARROLL, Marylandtags African-Americans, Arts/Leisure, Law, Race-Relations

    Nearly twenty years earlier, the United States government ratified the Civil Rights Act of 1875 to alleviate some of the racial tensions still proliferated throughout the inner workings of society. During the summer months, it was common for families of all races to travel throughout the country for vacation and receive such hospitalities as refreshments and other accommodations. The businesses of...

  5. Norfolk Virginian reports on tobacco output
    date July 23, 1891 to 1891map NORFOLK CITY, Virginiatags Agriculture, Economy

    The Norfolk Virginian reported the acres of farmland that grew tobacco and the pounds of tobacco harvested as a result in 1891. There were various counties and big producers included Amherst, Bedford, and Prince Edward. Many of these counties resided in the Central Virginia region. 24,034 planters planted on 110,579 acres and produced 48,522,655 pounds of tobacco according to the last census. The...

  6. The Portsmouth Star calls for the repairing of the neglect of the South
    date May 3, 1898 to 1898map NORFOLK CITY, Virginiatags Government, Politics, War

    The South had been neglected according to the Portsmouth Star. The newspaper accused the US, then in the middle of war with Spain, of being reluctant to spend any more of the government's money in the South than has seemed absolutely necessary. The US would regret spending so little on the South especially when the majority of the war was being fought on the front of the Southern coast. Therefore,...

  7. Charleston Receives New Coastal Defenses
    date March 24, 1898map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags War

    In the spring of 1898, the United States stood on the verge of war with Spain. One of the greatest concerns of American defense planners was that Spanish ships would attack the prosperous port cities of the Southeast that were in close proximity to Cuba. As a result of this concern, a number of these cities were reinforced to repel a potential Spanish naval attack. Along with Savannah, GA; Mobile,...

  8. Train Crash in Clarksville, Tennessee
    date August 14, 1869map MONTGOMERY, Tennesseetags Health/Death, Economy, Government, Migration/Transportation

    Eight miles outside of Clarksville Tennessee, a train shattered into splinters. The railroad bridge the train intended to pass over collapsed and the train plummeted thirty feet below into Rudd's creek. The impact was so severe that it killed four people and wounded forty to fifty people. The locomotive, caboose, express and baggage car, two passenger coaches, and one sleeping-car all burned down and...

  9. The Importance of Unity: Jefferson Davis in Maine
    date July 29, 1858map WILKINSON, Mississippitags Government, Politics, War

    A tall, lanky man from Mississippi mounted the steps of Madame Blanchard's at the corner of Park and Danforth streets in Portland, Maine as a large crowd cheered in anticipation. After the music ceased, Jefferson Davis began to speak as the crowd listened intently to his words. It was July of 1858 and Davis was giving a speech to the citizens of Maine about the importance of the unity of the country....

  10. The State Seal: A Symbol of Revolution
    date March 30, 1861map YAZOO, Mississippitags Government, Politics, War

    The bird of liberty sat perched on top of a Magnolia, waiting to strike a cautiously approaching serpent that threatened the safety of her nest. This was the symbolic image imbedded onto the enlarged copy of the Mississippi State Seal that W.S. Barry, President of the Mississippi State Convention, sat inspecting on March 20, 1861. It had been three months since the state had made the decision to leave...

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