Episodes Nearest to January 6, 1881: 1 through 25 of 25

  1. African-American Teachers Assert Themselves
    date January 6, 1881map BALTIMORE, Marylandtags African-Americans, Education, Race-Relations, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    In the years immediately following the Civil War, the Baltimore Association for the Moral and Educational Improvement of the Colored People a localized precursor to the NAACP attempted to recruit African-American teachers and establish African-American schools. The organization “terminated its operation' five years following the end of the war believing that it had made great strides.<br...

  2. Prohibition Urged in Montgomery
    date February 10, 1881map MONTGOMERY, Alabamatags Health/Death

    A front-page article in the Montgomery Daily Advertiser put its finger on the pulse of the temperance movement in the area, claiming in its title, Prohibition: Let Us Have It. The culmination of many letters to the editor, the article served to educate readers about the dangers of alcohol and the benefits of prohibition. The temperance movement spread across the South in the last quarter of the...

  3. Lunatic Asylums in Virginia after the Civil War
    date February 16, 1881map LOUISA, Virginiatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Law, Race-Relations

    In 1881 Mr. Johnson broke free from the Central Lunatic Asylum in Richmond, Virginia. After discovering that Johnson had escaped, the staff of the asylum realized that they needed to act quickly. An employee hurriedly wrote a note in order to inform the Sheriff of Louisa County of the incident before he had an opportunity to apprehend Johnson. On February 16, 1881 the employee reported to the...

  4. 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...

  5. The Hanging of Pink Pratt
    date March 3, 1881 to March 4, 1881map COBB, Georgiatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Law, Race-Relations, Women

    On March 4, 1881, African American Pink Pratt was executed in Marietta, Georgia for the rape of twelve-year-old white girl, Margaret Wilkins. On the night of his execution, Pratt was provided with spiritual advice in preparation for his execution. While get readying himself for death, Pratt confessed to the crime for the first time. At 12:00 a.m., thirty guards escorted Pratt out of the jail...

  6. The White League Assassinates in the Name Of the Democratic Party
    date November 3, 1880map EAST CARROLL, Louisianatags Crime/Violence, Law, Government, Politics

    A dispatch from Lake Providence, Louisiana has "left little doubt that Dr.Williams B. Jones, the editor of the Lake Providence (La.) Republican, who was foully assassinated at his home on the day after the election, was sent out of this world for the one reason that he was a...outspoken Republican". In Lake Providence's election Gen. FLoyd King, a White Leaguer, was chosen as the Democratic...

  7. Ocklawaha River
    date March 25, 1881map ORANGE, Floridatags Arts/Leisure, Migration/Transportation

    In the 1880's people who visited Florida were astounded by its many mysterious assets, "grand, impressive, strange, tropical-now gloomy and awe-inspiring, now fairy-like and charming, and again weird and wild" nature, as writer George Barbour described in his book for Florida tourists. The Ocklawaha River flows north from Central Florida, ending near Palatka, Florida. The river stretches over...

  8. Fruit Workers End Strike
    date April 1, 1881map HAMILTON, Texastags Agriculture, Economy

    Laborers on fruit farms near Chattanooga received a pay raise to 5.50 per ton after striking for two months. Strikes became much more common throughout the 1870s and early 1880s with the organization of labor, such as the Knights of Labor and the “forerunner of the American Federation of Labor,' which was founded in 1881. The Knights of Labor, for one, did not necessarily present an “innovative...

  9. Election of 1880
    date July 26, 1880 to November 12, 1880map CAMPBELL, Virginiatags Politics, War

    "Consider what Lee and Jackson would do were they alive. These are the same principles for which they fought for four years. Remember the men who poured forth their life-blood on Virginia's soil and do not abandon them now," Wade Hampton gushed in Staunton, Virginia on July 26, 1880. Hampton, a former Confederate general, was playing on Southern sentiments to urge Virginia to back Democratic...

  10. Dueling in the Bayou
    date May 21, 1881map MADISON, Louisianatags Agriculture, Crime/Violence, Law

    The shot sliced through the quiet, heavy bayou air at Willow ditch. The bullet from the double-barreled shot gun grazed Joseph Richburg's coat. Almost immediately, a second shot tore through his pants. Responding quickly, Richburg fired back at his adversary, Brewer, who had begun to flee. Then Richburg aimed his shot gun at Brewer's son, prepared to fire again. However, when Brewer's...

  11. Mormon Arrested for Adultery with Sisters
    date August 2, 1880 to August 13, 1880map CATOOSA, Georgiatags Church/Religious-Activity, Crime/Violence, Law, Migration/Transportation, Women

    On August 2, 1880 in Catoosa County, Georgia, Martha Sharp gave birth to a son outside of wedlock. Sharp concealed her pregnancy until the birth, attempting to protect her reputation for as long as possible. When her father discovered her secret, he erupted in anger and demanded vengeance upon the man who impregnated her. She initially refused to reveal the name of her child's father, but eventually...

  12. Mobile Elections Swing Democratic
    date August 3, 1880map MOBILE, Alabamatags Government, Politics

    On August 3, elections for local county officials and state representatives had the residents of Mobile County in a frenzy. Alabamians flocked to the poles to show their support for their party. The Democratic Party candidates in the county ran against candidates representing a fusion of the Greenback, Republican, and Independent Parties. Election poll officers excitedly reported that the majority...

  13. Petersburg Convention for Blacks
    date 1881map FAUQUIER, Virginiatags Race-Relations

    A convention was held in Petersburg, VA, that gathered the blacks of Virginia for political discussion. At the time, the Readjuster party was gaining force in the Southern states as it challenged the conservative Democrats and posed a threat of division amongst the Republicans. General William Mahone, a well-known capitalist, a former Democrat, and a former Confederate general, led the Readjusters...

  14. Uncle Remus Published
    date 1881map PUTNAM, Georgiatags Arts/Leisure, Race-Relations

    Joel Chandler Harris, an author born in Eatonton County, GA, published Uncle Remus: His Songs and Sayings, his first collection of Uncle Remus stories, in 1881 and found an enormously receptive audience. Harris first began developing his interest in writing and journalism at the age of thirteen when he served as an apprentice for a nearby newspaper. Harris experienced success as a humorist began...

  15. The Shooting of Walter Rountree
    date 1881map CLARKE, Georgiatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Law, Race-Relations

    The animosity between whites and African Americans in Georgia often resulted in violent conflicts. In 1881, Walter Rountree took a walk one day from the University of Georgia with his brother and some of his friends. They encountered two African American men at the town courthouse and a conflict ensued. All the men drew their pistols against one another. In the shooting that followed, Walter Rountree...

  16. From Delicacy to Modesty
    date 1881map WYTHE, Virginiatags Arts/Leisure, Women

    Stella Haas, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, had her photograph taken by W.A. Johnston's photograph gallery in Wytheville, Virginia. Her portrait, like the other nine in the 1881 collection of photographs from western Virginia was taken as a solo frame and was presented as a "carte-de-visite," or postcard. Although the portrait did not reveal anything about Stella Haas except her hometown,...

  17. A Seemingly Normal Day for President James Garfield
    date July 2, 1881map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Crime/Violence, Government, Health/Death, Politics

    1 Gearing up for the 4th of July President James Garfield's itinerary for the weekend is printed in the Washington Post this morning. He will be spending the rest of this weekend and the better part of next week relaxing in coastal retreat of Williamstown Massachusetts. The President will be accompanied by his cabinet and family. The President's train will depart from the Baltimore and...

  18. The Assassination of President James A. Garfield
    date July 2, 1881map Washington City, District of Columbiatags President, assassination, James A. Garfield

    At 9:30am, the morning of July 2nd, 1881, President James A. Garfield was shot at Baltimore and Potomac Depot, a train station in Washington, D.C. (Salt Lake Daily Harold, 1881). In the ladies room of the train car, two shots were fired at President Garfield, with one bullet penetrating his right arm and the other piercing his abdomen just above the right hip, near his kidney...

  19. Tuskegee Institute Founded
    date July 4, 1881map MACON, Alabamatags African-Americans, Education, Race-Relations

    On July 4, 1881, Booker T. Washington founded Tuskegee University, a school created to provide blacks with both a moral and an industrial education. Washington advocated an emphasis on economic self-reliance for blacks, rather than an emphasis on political and social advancement, and he recruited renowned teachers, such as George Washington Carver, to train his university students in domestic, agricultural,...

  20. INDEPENDENCE DAY, 1881:The Founding of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
    date July 4, 1881map MACON, Alabamatags African-Americans, Education, Government, Race-Relations

    On July 4, 1881, Booker T. Washington helped Lewis Adams, a former slave, make his dream a reality. The founding of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute ushered in a new era for African American education in Alabama and the nation. Booker T. Washington began his career the Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia, under General Samuel Chapman Armstrong. Washington's keen mind and brilliant...

  21. A Gunpowder Plot
    date July 9, 1881map HENRICO, Virginiatags African-Americans, Arts/Leisure, Education, Race-Relations, Slavery

    Teddie and Lud visited the farm of a family friend out in the country. They became friends with a black boy named Bat, short for Bartholomew. One lazy afternoon, Bat came running to the boys with exciting news: I done found sumthin ... Tudder side de broom-straw field, bustin big hornicks' ness-big as half-peck measure. ... I didn't tetch de thing; but I thought I'd come and tell ye...

  22. North Carolina Piedmont is the Place to Grow Yellow Tobacoo
    date 1880map GRANVILLE, North Carolinatags Agriculture, Economy, Migration/Transportation

    By 1880, no longer did the farmers of North Carolina have to leave their great state and move to western lands to grow the bustling corn crop because they failed to produce agriculture at home. Not only was North Carolina's climate suitable to grow a variety of crops to be grown anywhere in the United States, but the years preceding 1880 witnessed the transformation of North Carolina Yellow...

  23. Memoirs of Mr. Janney
    date 1880map LOUDOUN, Virginiatags Church/Religious-Activity, Health/Death, Education

    That his departure was felt to be a public loss in the community at large was evinced by the outpouring of the people, from far and near, to pay the last tribute of respect to one whom they regarded as the servant of God and the friend of his fellow-man. Everyone in the community was affected by Mr. S.M. Janney's death. The people, black and white, gathered together to mourn the loss of a dear...

  24. The Death of Billy the Kid
    date July 19, 1881map LINCOLN, New Mexicotags billy the kid, new mexico, old west

    Billy the Kid gained legendary status as one of the Wild West’s most famous outlaws. Even before his death, the public viewed him as larger than life, thanks in part to newspaper coverage of his murders, his capture, and his escape from jail. When he was finally tracked down and fatally shot by sheriff Pat Garrett of Lincoln County New Mexico, news of his death was printed in newspapers all around...

  25. Lynching of Perry Munson; Black Man Arrested for Attempted Rape
    date June 30, 1881 to August 22, 1881map DE KALB, Georgiatags Race-Relations

    On August 22, Perry Munson, a black man of Ouachita Parish in Lousianna, was murdered by an unknown mob. His death was one of many lynchings in the late 19th century that signified the rise of racial violence in the South. <br />Similarly, on June 30, police arrested Seab Marjam, a black man, on the Georgia railroad at Stone Mountain for attempted rape of a white woman. The article states,...