Episodes Nearest to February 17, 1871: 1 through 25 of 25

  1. Woman Suffrage Summarily Disposed of in Missouri
    date February 17, 1871map JEFFERSON, Missouritags Law, Politics, Women

    During the Missouri Congressional session of 1871, women suffragists from across the

    state drafted a proposal which was given to the State Senate Committee. It asked the Missouri

    State Senate Committee to push the United States' Congress to present a Sixteenth Amendment,

    giving women the right to vote, to the states. The State Senate Committee's final reported stated,...

  2. Terrible Hurricane in Arkansas
    date February 17, 1871map PHILLIPS, Arkansastags Urban-Life/Boosterism

    A hurricane on Friday February 17, 1871 damaged and/or destroyed a majority of the

    buildings in Helena, Arkansas. The city was still reeling from the recent fire that had caused

    damage to many of the buildings that ended up being destroyed by the hurricane. Two known

    fatalities were a Mrs. Stewart and her young son. The buildings and companies that suffered the

    worst...

  3. Woman Suffrage Summarily Disposed of in MissouriWoman Suffrage Summarily Disposed of in Missouri
    date February 17, 1871map JEFFERSON, Missouritags Government, Law, Politics, Women

    During the Missouri Congressional session of 1871, women suffragists from across the

    state drafted a proposal which was given to the State Senate Committee. It asked the Missouri

    State Senate Committee to push the United States' Congress to present a Sixteenth Amendment,

    giving women the right to vote, to the states. The State Senate Committee's final reported stated,...

  4. Illness Creates Need for Help within Rambin Household
    date February 12, 1871map DE SOTO, Louisianatags African-Americans, Health/Death, Women

    Sally Young Rambin's letter to her sister opened with an apology for her long silence and an excuse: Rambin had been extremely sick and had only been able to get out of bed for two weeks before she attempted to write to her sister on February 12, 1871. Rambin's illness was made worse by the doctor's inability to provide her with the medicine she needed. Rambin told her sister that the...

  5. The Bayonet Election Law
    date February 28, 1871map AUGUSTA, Virginiatags War

    The United States Congress passed a bill called the Bayonet Election Law which placed all elections for Representatives in Congress under the control of the United States marshals and their deputies. Congress felt the need to pass the bill in order to protect the rights of citizens to vote. The bill was regarded as an intrusion of states' rights throughout the South. <br />The first section...

  6. Establishment of the Southern Claims Commission
    date March 3, 1871map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Economy, War

    After the Civil War, Union men that resided in the Confederate states asked Congress for compensation of goods that were given to, or taken by, Federal forces during the occupation of the South throughout the War. Many of these Union men did not have vouchers from the army officers or the treasury department that confiscated their goods. In numerous petitions through bills introduced to Congress,...

  7. An Augusta Reporter's Visit to Atlanta
    date March 9, 1871map FULTON, Georgiatags Migration/Transportation, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    A reporter from Augusta, Georgia traveled to Atlanta and wrote to the editors of the Milledgeville county newspaper about what he observed on his trip. He wrote about how unimpressive Atlanta was and stated that he could not gather a single item of interest about the city to write about. He was able to see a show while in the city. He observed that people in Atlanta responded well to the play because...

  8. William Woods Holden, Governor of North Carolina, removed from office by impeachment
    date March 11, 1871map WAKE, North Carolinatags Crime/Violence, Race-Relations

    William Woods Holden was the Governor of North Carolina in 1865 and from 1868-1871. As, the Civil War progressed Holden became a member of the Republican Party. During occupation, Holden was appointed Governor, but lost in the elections later that year. By 1868, however, Holden was a Republican leader, who was convinced of the value and need for railroads, and he was elected Governor. <br />In...

  9. Managing Black Labor on a Southern Plantation
    date March, 1871map GLYNN, Georgiatags African-Americans, Agriculture, Race-Relations

    Francis Butler Leigh ran her plantation on St. Simon's Island off the coast of Georgia on her own. However, she was scheduled to leave for Europe to meet with her husband, and the plantation would have to continue its day-to-day activities without her supervision. Leigh wrote in her diary that she worried about leaving the place entirely in charge of the negro captains, even though her slaves...

  10. The Impeachment of Governor Holden
    date March 23, 1871map WAKE, North Carolinatags Crime/Violence, Government, Law, Politics

    On March 23, 1871 Governor William Woods Holden became the first governor in American history to be impeached. The North Carolina House of Representatives convicted Holden on six out of an initial eight charges levied against him by the North Carolina Senate. Among the impeachment charges: that he had proclaimed insurrection, declared martial law, made illegal arrests of eighty-two citizens of Alamance,...

  11. Condition of Public Schools in Virginia
    date January 13, 1871map HENRICO, Virginiatags African-Americans, Education, Race-Relations, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    Dr. William Ruffner, the Superintendent of Public Instruction for Virginia, published a report in Educational Journal of Virginia about the condition of the public school system in Virginia in 1871. Many problems plagued the public school system at the time, including necessary funding and the inclusion of African-Americans into the system. <br />The state did not have enough money to fund...

  12. Debate Over State Debt
    date March 24, 1871 to March 27, 1871map RICHMOND, Virginiatags Government, Law, Politics, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    Why should Virginians have to bear the entire debt? Zephaniah Turner raised this question repeatedly before the House of Delegates in Richmond. In the eyes of Turner, West Virginians were just as responsible for payment as Virginians, seeing as how the debt had existed before dismemberment of the state. Turner blasted Virginia's political representatives for rattling on about preserving honor...

  13. Senate Asks To Investigate Southern Crimes by Band of Disguised People
    date January 10, 1871map BEAUFORT, North Carolinatags Senate, Ku Klux Klan

    On January 10, 1871, the Senate of the United States passed a decree that appointed five investigators to clarify the intents behind politically-driven outrages committed in the South. The investigators received a message on January 13, from President Ulysses S. Grant that contained reports of military officers, communications from Governors of States; and letters and petitions from private citizens....

  14. Ku Klux Klan Activity in South Carolina
    date March, 1871 to April, 1871map YORK, South Carolinatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Race-Relations

    The Ku Klux Klan committed outrages against Republicans and their supporters throughout the South during 1870 and 1871; however, party leaders hesitated to respond. In 1868, the constitution of South Carolina was ratified and elections were held for all state offices. The Republican Party dominated the election, from governor to town councils. Robert Scott, a white Republican from Ohio was elected...

  15. Professor Waterhouse Calls for Measures to Secure Immigration of Skilled
    date January 6, 1871map ST. LOUIS, Missouritags Economy, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    Professor Waterhouse, of Washington University in St. Louis, sent a letter to Governor B.

    Gratz Brown pushing for the passing of measures to ensure that Missouri could secure the

    immigration of skilled artisans from Europe. Since France and other European nations were

    demolished during the Franco-German War, many of the citizens of these countries began to

    leave their...

  16. Louisiana Education During Reconstruction
    date December 29, 1870map JEFFERSON, Louisianatags African-Americans, Education, Race-Relations

    In 1870 the state of Louisiana's school Superintendent Thomas Conway found an outlet in which to place the blame for his suffering school system. Conway identified the Northern Peabody Education Fund as the root of many problems public Louisiana schools were facing; in particular, Conway cited the Fund as responsible for having created the growing trend of white parents taking their children...

  17. Address to the Black People of North Carolina
    date December 19, 1870map WAKE, North Carolinatags African-Americans, Politics

    Beginning in the fall of 1867, the Military Reconstruction Acts allowed qualified residents of ex-Confederate states to elect delegates to new Constitutional conventions. The Republican Party exclusively supported the implementation of these Acts, consequently gaining full support from the black community. Furious over losing the war and slave property, ex-Confederate Democrats molested blacks at...

  18. United States Circuit Court, District of Missouri: William G. Clark vs. Franklin A. Dick
    date December, 1870map JEFFERSON, Missouritags Crime/Violence, Law, War

    In December 1870, the case of Clark vs. Dick came before the Missouri District of the United States Circuit Court. The case stated that in St. Louis, Missouri in January 1862, the defendant had trespassed on the property of the plaintiff while the defendant was a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War. Though the plaintiff sought damages for the trespassing, the defendant claimed that he...

  19. African-American Leader William Smith Arrested
    date May 1, 1871 to May 2, 1871map JEFFERSON, Kentuckytags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    Between 1870 and 1871, many non-violent demonstrations were held in Louisville, Kentucky by African-Americans in an attempt to demand protection of their civil rights. On May 1, 1871, William Smith, an African-American leader, tried to board a Market Street car in Louisville, Kentucky. Police authorities took action against Smith, and he spent the night in jail. Smith's demonstration was one...

  20. The Southern Cotton Industry
    date May 9, 1871map RICHLAND, South Carolinatags Agriculture, Economy, War

    The cotton industry in the South in 1871 reported that the cotton crop was 4,185,000 bales, which was in excess of the cotton produced before the Civil War. The statistics were met by skeptics, and many southerners did not seem them to be reliable. The report was conducted by a New York company and many southerners saw it as a piece of propaganda by Republicans in the North. The data did not divulge...

  21. R.Fox v. The Central Railroad Passenger Company
    date May 11, 1871map JEFFERSON, Kentuckytags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    On May 11, 1871, the U.S. District Court of Appeals issued its decision in the R.Fox v. The Central Railroad Passenger Company case. The R.Fox had sued The Central Railroad Passenger Company because it denied him the right to ride on a street car. The jury determined that Negro's had the right to ride based on the enforcement of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments and common-law provisions...

  22. Ku Klux Klan Law in Yorkville, South Carolina
    date May 20, 1871map YORK, South Carolinatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Health/Death, Race-Relations

    In response to Ku Klux Klan activity in South Carolina, President Grant dispatched the military under the leadership of Major Merrill as Post Commandant. A group of white and black citizens in South Carolina had recently been whipped, so Major Merrill called for a conference of citizens to discuss the events and try and prevent more violence. <br />Major Merrill claimed that he had discovered...

  23. A Bride Preaches Before Her Wedding
    date November, 1870map FRANKLIN, Tennesseetags Church/Religious-Activity, Education, Women

    The Williamson Journal of Franklin, Tennessee announced the local marriage of Mary A Stinebaugh and Rev. Henry J. Bradford in late 1870. The outspoken Mary Stinebaugh graduated from Oberlin College and became a Methodist preacher before her marriage. Right before her wedding ceremony she preached before the entire conference in session. Afterwards she promptly stepped down to the altar to get married....

  24. Chinese Workers Arrive in Iberville Parish, Louisiana
    date October 26, 1870map IBERVILLE, Louisianatags African-Americans, Agriculture, Economy, Race-Relations

    The Chinese workers were wide-eyed with anticipation when they arrived at Edward Gay's St. Louis plantation in Iberville Parish, Louisiana on October 26, 1870. The welcome that the workers recruited from California received when they stepped foot on the rich white Gay family's land was far from hospitable. Moon-Ho Jung's Coolies and Cane frankly describes the scene: Gay's...

  25. Horace Greeley Visits Southern States
    date June 21, 1871map AUGUSTA, Virginiatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, War

    Horace Greeley, a Northerner from New York and Republican, took a tour of the American south in 1871 and then returned to New York to deliver an address of his trip to the Union Republican General Committee. Greeley said that the purpose of his trip was to vindicate the North from the popular opinion that the North was trying to oppress the South and to explain to southerners that the northerners...