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  1. 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....

  2. Coal in West Virginia and the Industrial Revolution of the South
    date 1893map KANAWHA, West Virginiatags Economy

    Will Anderson had a lot of trouble on his hands. Anderson, a prominent creditor in central Virginia, found himself in the midst of a particularly difficult legal battle involving the sale and distribution of coal-rich lands in West Virginia. The lands in question were the John Lykens and Crescent tracts. Apparently, two men, James G. Paxton and J.R. Jordan, owned some of the land and allotted...

  3. Southern Baptists Demand Total Prohibition
    date March 29, 1883map TALLADEGA, Alabamatags African-Americans, Church/Religious-Activity, Crime/Violence, Law, Politics, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations

    On March 29, 1883, the Baptist journal, Christian Index, implored the citizens of Talladega County, Alabama to support the outlaw of alcohol trafficking. In 1881, Talladega County proposed a vote on the outlaw of alcohol consumption and the African American population allegedly voted in a bloc against the prohibition. The article blamed the African American population for the failure of passing...

  4. Lynch mob justice claims Wesley Warren in Prospect, Tennessee.
    date June 21, 1883map WARREN, Tennesseetags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Law, Race-Relations

    A small party of men lynched Wesley Warren for the murder of James Trice, a clerk at the town store in Prospect, Tennessee, which was located 76 miles south of Nashville. J.M Neal purchased a large amount of corn from Trice and stayed at the store until 1A.M. when he boarded a train for Pulaski, Tennessee. Authorities suspected that Warren and his accomplices entered the store at 2 A.M and killed...

  5. Baylee, the Democrat from Eastville
    date 1892map NORTHAMPTON, Virginiatags African-Americans, Politics, Race-Relations

    Baylee was a Democrat from Eastville, a town in Virginia's Eastern Shore. Baylee became a Democrat after an Eastern Shore county chairman approached him about an upcoming election. Eastville, with its sizable black population, had voted Republican in recent years. Democrats knew that wooing black voters with their often racist platform was difficult. One thing worked to the Democrats' advantage: most...

  6. Voter Fraud in the 1879 Virginia Election
    date December 26, 1879map RICHMOND, Virginiatags African-Americans, Government, Politics, Race-Relations

    On December 26, 1879, Zack A. Cozzens gave testimony about a conversation he witnessed, the night before the November election, in the office of John Warwick Daniels, a Democratic Virginia State Senator from Lynchburg. In this conversation William Merchant remarked that he had "a number of Republican tickets, and that if they could be marked with certain names, that a good many colored people desired...

  7. The Advent of Refrigerator Cars in the City of Richmond
    date July 15, 1874map RICHMOND, Virginiatags Agriculture, Economy, Migration/Transportation, Science/Technology

    Fruit growers all over the state of Virginia rejoiced on Wednesday, July 15, 1874 when the Daily Dispatch of Richmond reported that two refrigerated cars arrived in the city. The article claimed, that "this new feature in the express business meets a necessity our fruit growers have long felt, and secures a method for the swift transportation of their produce." Finally, a technology had arrived...

  8. Washington Says Farewell to Dick Wallach
    date February 26, 1881map Washington City, District of Columbiatags African-Americans, Health/Death, Education, Government, Law, Politics, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    On February 26, 1881, the Evening Star printed an article, 'A Noble Life' about Mr. Richard Wallach. Though he had not yet passed away, the city was already mourning his inevitable passing that was sure to come within days. The residents of Washington, D.C. had been proud to call Richard Wallach their Mayor for several years, and news of his impending death caused many to reflect on the beneficial...

  9. The Inquest of a Dead Black Man in a Richmond City Jail
    date January 8, 1879map RICHMOND, Virginiatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Health/Death, Law, Race-Relations

    According to a Richmond jury, George Fagan, a black prisoner in the city jail, "came to his death on the 8th day of January, 1879, from consumption," and "the officers in charge are no way responsible." The State, a Richmond City newspaper relayed this story to the public as front-page news the following morning. The article went on to describe the jury's view that a hospital should be set up in...

  10. Women's Roles in the Rambin's Household
    date September 29, 1872map DE SOTO, Louisianatags African-Americans, Education, Women

    Running the Rambin household, Sally Young Rambin wrote to her sister on September 29, 1872, kept her far too busy to be a regular correspondent. Rambin explained to her sister that the effort she put into cooking, housework, and the washing caused her to seldom feel like writing. Rambin put special emphasis on the fact that she did her own washing, because many women paid others to do their washing...

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