Episodes Nearest to April 7, 1892: 1 through 25 of 25

  1. A New Yorker's Observations of Charleston
    date April 7, 1892map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags Church/Religious-Activity, Economy, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    In the spring of 1892, an evangelical writer from New York City identified only by his initials, J.H.M, visited Charleston. During his visit, he made a number of observations regarding the state of the city 30 years after the Civil War. First and foremost, he states that the economy still has not recovered to its pre-war prosperity. He states, The people are cotton poor. Farmers are so crippled...

  2. Shall We Unite? Nationalist Sentiments in Atlanta
    date April 12, 1892map FULTON, Georgiatags Government, Migration/Transportation

    Twenty-seven years had passed since Grant surrendered to Lee at Appomattox, VA and yet, according to A.D. Kean, division still belied his society. In seeking those similarities which connect the North with the South, Kean made a poignant point, asking readers of the People's Party Paper to recall those 23 New York Unknown who similarly left their homes with the kisses of their mother still on...

  3. First Black Novel Iola Leroy is Published
    date April, 1892map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Arts/Leisure, Race-Relations

    In April 1892, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper published Iola Leroy; one of the first (some say the first) novel to be written by an African American. The book presented a closer and more in-depth look of black womanhood. It was a story about a refined mulatto woman raised to believe she was white until she and her mother are sold into slavery. Additionally, throughout the novel, Harper introduces...

  4. Grand Rally of the People's Party in Decatur County, Georgia
    date March 27, 1892map DECATUR, Georgiatags Agriculture, Economy, Government, Politics

    The residents of Decatur County involved in the People's Party held a grand rally early in the morning on March 27, 1892. For the citizens of Decatur County this rally was the first assemblage of the People's Party. The rally centered on a joint debate involving Rev. E. B. Mobley and Ben E. Russell. Mobley represented the ideals of the People's Party, which promoted government control...

  5. Mob Carries out Death Sentence
    date March 19, 1892map Alexandria City, Virginiatags Crime/Violence

    In the small village of Haymarket, about 38 miles north of Alexandria, two white men, Lee Heflin and Joseph Dye, were lynched on March 19, 1892. The two men had been recently convicted of murder and sentenced to death. At 12 A.M. on March 19, a mob gathered outside the jail and demanded that the prisoners be handed over. The prisoners were taken away before the mob could reach them. The pair was...

  6. The Geary Act
    date May 5, 1892map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations

    In 1892, the United States Congress granted an extension of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 known as the Geary Act. This original law, passed in 1882, allowed a ten-year moratorium for Chinese immigration. The United States government believed that Chinese immigration endangered the good order of certain localities. In addition, this law required that Chinese immigrants register and obtain a certificate...

  7. Edwin Alderman and the Importance of History
    date March 7, 1892map GUILFORD, North Carolinatags Arts/Leisure, Education, Race-Relations

    On March 7, 1893 Edwin Alderman gave a speech in Greensboro, North Carolina regarding the importance of history and historical records. Alderman explained to his audience at the beginning of his speech that a "Historic Awakening" was occurring throughout the original thirteen states and that it was important that North Carolina become involved. Alderman possessed a lot of state pride and felt...

  8. The Power of the Populists
    date March 3, 1892map ROCKBRIDGE, Virginiatags Crime/Violence, Government, Politics

    The Farmer's Alliance was an organization of farmers beginning in Texas in 1876 whose influence was widespread until its demise in the late 1880s. It was created in order to protect the farmers who were affected by particularly poor economic times in the late nineteenth century by helping push up the prices of their goods. Just prior to its fall, the Farmer's Alliance was viewed by some...

  9. Populist Party Reaches Political Peak in the South
    date April, 1892 to June, 1892map ASHE, North Carolinatags Agriculture

    In early 1892, politicians and farmers gathered together to organize a third political party: the Populist Party. The party grew from an alliance (The Farmers Alliance) during an agrarian revolt that rose after a collapse of agriculture prices in 1873. The Farmers Alliance primary objective was to promote collective economic action by farmers and began to gain momentum in the South and the Great...

  10. African-Americans Gain Control of Tuskegee Institute
    date May, 1892map MACON, Alabamatags African-Americans, Education

    In 1892, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, founded by Booker T. Washington, George Campbell and Lewis Adams (African-Americans), gained control of the college from the state of Alabama. Before this decision, the school was under the control of three White Americans who were the board of the commissioners at the time; Lewis Adams, Thomas Dyer, and M.B. Swanson.<br />Prior to building...

  11. Ninth Annual Session of the Teachers' Assembly
    date June 21, 1892 to July 4, 1892map BEAUFORT, North Carolinatags Education, Women

    On June 21 through July 4, 1892, the Ninth Annual Session of the Teachers' Assembly convened at Morehead City in Beaufort County. The meeting brought together thousands of educators and their friends and was meant to restore strength and energy to them in the relaxing city on the sea. The committee chose among the top teachers in North Carolina to speak at the session and each department was...

  12. Improvement and Success in the Railroad System of Western Virginia
    date January, 1892map NELSON, Virginiatags Migration/Transportation, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    Successful transportation had finally arrived On January 6, 1892 the first article on the front page of The Daily Virginian, under the heading "Local Matters," spoke of the Lynchburg citizens' excitement regarding the success of their railway service and the current development of western Virginia railroad systems. The previous morning, railroad workers had started running the engines of...

  13. 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:...

  14. Race Relations Turn Violent
    date 1892map MADISON, Floridatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Race-Relations

    In less than thirty years following the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation, Florida became host to a violent flare up of racial tensions between a white man and a black man in Madison, Florida. The United States of America was one of the few major players in the world economy that still had a firmly intact system that subjugated a race by the late nineteenth century. However, the race lines...

  15. Hallowell Praises Black Soldiers
    date 1892map EAST BATON ROUG, Louisianatags Nashville, Soldier, African-Americans

    Since 1865 the importance of the black soldiers fighting in the Civil War for the Union has not been disputed, whether it be freed slaves or fugitive slaves. Without a doubt the black soldiers that fought helped the Union immensely, absorbing significant losses while doing so. Part of the success resulted from the way that black soldiers were treated. According to Norwood P. Hallowell, the black...

  16. Lynchings in Mississippi
    date July 5, 1892map WARREN, Mississippitags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Health/Death, Race-Relations

    Smith Tooley and John L. Adams were charged with the murder of Benson Blake and with many robberies. Benson Blake was a proprietor of a store in Vickburg, Mississippi. One night, he got wind that Tooley and some other Negroes were headed to rob his store. When the Negroes arrived, Benson and his friends were waiting for them. In a moment of rage, the Negroes fired through the window of the store,...

  17. Democratic Ratification Meeting Confirms Cleveland, Stevenson, Carr
    date July 6, 1892map CRAVEN, North Carolinatags Government, Politics

    A New Bern ratification meeting on July 6, 1892 reflected more of a Democratic rally than a meeting as Cleveland, Carr and Victory chanted through the air in Craven County. The meeting set the Democratic ball in motion as the assembly greeted the resolution with applause and enthusiasm. Mr. Furnifold McLendel Simmons, the first speaker, championed Grover Cleveland and Adlai Stevenson as the perfect...

  18. United States Labor Strikes
    date July 12, 1892map PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvaniatags Labor/Industrialism/Union, Economics/Health/Governme

    The state militia stood at the ready.  The dark sketch was taken on July 12, 1892.  The sketch depicted Andrew Carnegie's Pennsylvania steel plant surrounded by military.  The Homestead plant sketch was taken from a wood engraving by T. de Thulstrap.  The Swedish born immigrant came to America in the 19th century.  The immigrant would achieve the American Dream as a Harper's Weekly...

  19. Murderous uprising of African-Americans
    date July 11, 1892 to July 14, 1892map MC CRACKEN, Kentuckytags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Health/Death, Race-Relations

    Violence was more prevalent in the New South than the Old South, and racial violence was just one part of Southern violence. One incident of racial violence began on July 11. Two or three hundred blacks, armed with rifles, congregated in the vicinity of the jail in Paducah, Kentucky, prepared for an attack. The Sheriff gathered a posse of fifty or seventy-five armed men. <br /><br />The...

  20. Political Party Divisions
    date December 22, 1891map HENRICO, Virginiatags Economy, Politics

    "Cleveland is the man of the people and the leader of the hour; he provides justice to all without help or hindrance to any." This passage appeared in a "Letter to the Editor" in the December 22, 1891 edition of the Richmond Times. The author of the editorial aimed to inspire political support for the Democratic politician Grover Cleveland while describing the fundamental differences between...

  21. The Alice Mitchell Trial
    date July 18, 1892 to July 30, 1892map SHELBY, Tennesseetags Crime/Violence, Health/Death

    On January 25, 1892, Alice Mitchell cut the throat of Freda Ward, her lover, in Memphis, TN. The trial of Alice Mitchell began in Memphis on July 18. Her defense entered a plea of present insanity. Many love letters between Freda and Alice were read at the trial, and Lillie Johnson testified that they had plans to elope. A medical expert believed that Alice Mitchell was a sexual pervert.<br...

  22. Alabama state election
    date August 1, 1892map MONTGOMERY, Alabamatags African-Americans, Race-Relations

    On August 1, the election in Alabama excited great interest. Reuben F. Kolb, the Populist candidate for governor, led the most formidable opposition to the Democratic Party seen in fifteen years. The election filled every office, and a wide variety of local candidates attracted much interest. This election had the largest number of votes cast ever in Alabama's history.<br /><br />Official...

  23. Segregation of Railroad Cars
    date December 11, 1891map Alexandria City, Virginiatags African-Americans, Race-Relations

    Race relations between African-Americans and whites in Virginia were tense at the end of the nineteenth century, and whites tried to minimize interactions between themselves and blacks. To create greater distance between the two, the Virginia state government decided to segregate railroad cars based on race. In 1900, the state of Virginia passed a law that mandated all railroad companies to furnish...

  24. A Meeting of Staunton's Black Residents
    date December 9, 1891map AUGUSTA, Virginiatags African-Americans, Church/Religious-Activity, Law, Politics, Race-Relations

    Early December, 1891 made the city of Staunton more aware of its racial makeup and power of black people in the city. In the evening, the colored people of the city met and formed a group called the Afro-American League. They wrote a preamble and resolutions against the laws requiring separate railroad cars and waiting rooms for blacks and whites. While demanding change in the law, they also wished...

  25. Strange Encounter and Counterfeit Money
    date December 4, 1891map SMYTH, Virginiatags Economy, Government, Law

    On December 4th, 1891, F. W. Leonard, the sheriff of Smyth County, Virginia received a letter from the sheriff of Barber County in Kansas. A man described by the Kansas sheriff as being 40 years old, 5 feet 8 inches in height and of dark complexion was seen wondering around Barber County, Kansas. The sheriff also described the man as being crazy. When questioned by the Kansas sheriff the stranger,...