- Reverend J. B. Haskell versus Reverend J. I. Miller: The Court Battle of two Lutheran Reverends
March 24, 1878 to June 6, 1880
AUGUSTA, Virginia
Church/Religious-Activity, Law, WomenReverend J. I. Miller did not follow the regulations of the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America when he tried to baptize and confirm a group of adults on March 24. He was not authorized to perform the rites of baptism and confirmation without prior approval, which would have been given by Reverend J. B. Haskell. Tellingly Reverend Haskell, the prosecutor in the court...
- Death of Margaret Jane Blake
1879 to March, 1880 BALTIMORE, Maryland 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....
- Commencement at Howard Draws an Illustrious Crowd
May, 1879 Washington City, District of Columbia African-Americans, Education, Government, Politics, Race-Relations, Slavery, Urban-Life/Boosterism
It wasn't every day after the Civil War that former slaves and former slave-owners would admit to having something in common, much less celebrate it openly. But in the early summer of 1879 at the commencement exercises for Howard University, they did just that. The crowd began to arrive and soon it became clear that there was not nearly enough room to seat everyone who wanted to witness the...