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- Southern Belles and Ladies
October 25, 1871 to November 22, 1873
ADAMS, Mississippi
Arts/Leisure, WomenA southern belle was a girl who was expected to grow up into a lady. She was supposed to be fragile and flirtatious while also sexually innocent. She was beautiful but risky to touch, like porcelain. Every southern belle was expected to be up-to-date on the latest fashions, which often proved tricky and expensive because fashion was constantly changing throughout the nineteenth century. A true...
- The Trials and Tribulations of the South Carolina Ku Klux Klan
December 28, 1871 to March 1, 1875
RICHLAND, South Carolina
African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Government, Politics, Race-RelationsOn December 28, 1871, in Columbia, S.C., Sherod Childers, Evans Murphy, Hezekiah Porter and William Montgomery received their sentencing for the infamous Ku Klux Klan conspiracy in South Carolina. It was here, in Columbia, that the federal court attempted to provide serious solutions to stunt the organization whose actions had become increasingly violent and oppressive. While these actions by the...
- Hunting for Negros
January 3, 1873 to 1873
AMELIA, Virginia
African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Race-RelationsTwo white men were walking past their cornfield and spotted a hat moving across the field. As the men investigated it became clear that the hat belonged to an African American male. When the two white men realized this, and the fact that he was stealing their corn, they immediately chased after him with guns drawn. One of the white males opened fire on the black man undoubtedly aiming to kill. He...
- Republican vs. Republican for Mississippi Governor
September 22, 1873 to November 4, 1873
HINDS, Mississippi
African-Americans, Race-RelationsOn September 25, the Louisville Courier Journal wrote, The most interesting campaign now in progress in any state is on the boards in Mississippi.' Why? First, there was no Democratic candidate in a Deep South State, and second, there were two Republicans , one a scalawag, the other a carpetbagger , running for the position. In August of 1873, Adelbert Ames was nominated for governor...