Episodes Nearest to August 25, 1898 to November 18, 1898: 1 through 25 of 25

  1. Fighting for Equality in the Public Sphere
    date August 25, 1898 to November 18, 1898map GRAYSON, Texastags African-Americans, Law, Race-Relations, Women

    Though Reconstruction ended officially in 1877, the country and its people were far from united as racism and segregation became a growing force. Texas, though on the edge of the South, was certainly no stranger to this battle over inequality. On November 18, 1898, the Galveston News ran an article detailing how Isabelle E. Mabson, a black resident of Galveston, TX, filed suit in the district court...

  2. Union Theological Seminary Dedicated in Richmond
    date October 5, 1898map HENRICO, Virginiatags Church/Religious-Activity, Education, Migration/Transportation

    Prior to the Civil War, the Union Theological Seminary was located in Prince Edward County Virginia. Prince Edward was both a prosperous and a pious community and thus was considered a prime location for the seminary. Unfortunately the Civil War greatly damaged the Prince Edward infrastructure, causing many of the civilians to relocate elsewhere in Virginia. Furthermore, after the war many southerners...

  3. Cotton Growers Unite Over Deflation
    date September 27, 1898 to September 28, 1898map RICHLAND, South Carolinatags Agriculture, Economy, Politics

    In The State, a special address was made from a committee of the Cotton Growers' union of South Carolina to the cotton growers of the state. Immediately, the committee addresses exceedingly low prices of cotton of the time period and the further deflation to come. With prices...lower than they have ever been previously at the time, foreign speculators were holding off purchases to wait...

  4. Rough Riders and Red Shirts March, African American Declines to run for Office
    date November 3, 1898map MONTGOMERY, North Carolinatags African-Americans, Race-Relations

    On November 3rd, 1898, the “Rough Riders' and the Red Shirts, both White regiments of United States Army, marched through and took control over Wilmington, North Carolina. The procession, which was nearly a mile long, was lead by the best riders in Wilmington followed by the red shirts on horseback. The “White Government Union' sponsored a barbeque, parade, and public meeting to...

  5. White Lynch Mob Visits Jail
    date November 3, 1898map RICHMOND, Georgiatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Law, Race-Relations

    Soldiers stood where angry mobs had been the night before, and cavalry and infantrymen patrolled the streets which lynchers marched upon just a day earlier. This was the status of the Augusta jail one day after the attempted raid upon its confines by an angry mob of white men. The mob of 500 armed men had been intent on having their justice with William Robinson, an African American man accused...

  6. Chairmen Simmons calls out for White Supremacy
    date November 4, 1898map DURHAM, North Carolinatags African-Americans, Race-Relations

    On November 4th, 1898, North Carolinian Chairmen Simmons made a presentation of the state of affairs in his North Carolina. Simmons called to the attention of his listeners the acts of The Fusionist Party; a branch of the Populist Party that wanted to “fuse' with the democrats and ultimately try to further the role of African-Americans in the community. Simmons pointed out that in efforts...

  7. Popular Publication, Charleston News and Courier, opposes Jim Crow cars
    date September 4, 1898map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags Race-Relations

    In the early months of 1898 South Carolina was one of the few remaining southern states that had not yet adopted Jim Crow cars on railroads. Jim Crow cars were meant to separate black passengers from white passengers. The editor of the Charleston News and Courier, a major South Carolina newspaper at the time, responded to such laws in a satirical article. The editor sarcastically suggested that...

  8. The Wilmington Rebellion
    date November 9, 1898 to November 10, 1898map NEW HANOVER, North Carolinatags African-Americans, Race-Relations, War

    In November of 1898, the population of Wilmington North Carolina was composed of 8,000 white men and 25,000 black men. Many blacks were employed gainfully in the community as artisans, policeman, and fireman. Rather than look at this positively, white men were intimidated by blacks and thus considered Wilmington the “city of lost opportunity' for white men. Regardless of the fact that...

  9. Wilmington Race Riot
    date November 10, 1898map MONTGOMERY, North Carolinatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Race-Relations

    On November 10th, 1898, around two thousand white men, led by Confederate Officer and Congressmen Henry Waddell, marched through Wilmington to destroy the office of the Daily Record. Alex Manly, the editor of the Wilmington Daily Record, had prior to the event, written an article that directly insulted white men and their ability to take care of their women. The article, which was printed by an...

  10. 1898 Wilmington Race Riot
    date November 10, 1898map NEW HANOVER, North Carolinatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Race-Relations

    On Thursday, November 10, 1898, at half past eight o'clock in the morning, a committee of twenty-five leading white citizens directed a group of four hundred armed men of Wilmington, North Carolina and gathered outside the armory of the local militia company where they formed in lines of four. The men included prominent clergymen, lawyers, bankers, and merchants of the city. They proceeded to...

  11. Phoenix Election Riot
    date November 8, 1898 to November 14, 1898map ABBEVILLE, South Carolinatags Race-Relations, Crime/Violence

    In 1898 blacks in South Carolina outnumbered whites 3 to 1. The majority of whites at the time feared blacks possessed too much power and therefore supported decreasing the black vote through disfranchisement. One family in South Carolina, The Tolberts, stood in stark contrast to the majority and supported black rights. As a result the Tolberts controlled the Negro vote and exercised a significant...

  12. The Portsmouth Star calls for the repairing of the neglect of the South
    date May 3, 1898 to 1898map NORFOLK CITY, Virginiatags Government, Politics, War

    The South had been neglected according to the Portsmouth Star. The newspaper

    accused the US, then in the middle of war with Spain, of being reluctant to spend any

    more of the government's money in the South than has seemed absolutely necessary.

    The US would regret spending so little on the South especially when the majority of the

    war was being fought on the front...

  13. The Battle of Anniston
    date November 24, 1898map CALHOUN, Alabamatags African-Americans, Race-Relations, War

    During the Spanish American War, the Third Regiment in Alabama was comprised entirely of black men. They were a willing and able regiment, physically strong and mentally prepared for battle. In the fall of 1898 the regiment traveled from their training camp to Anniston, Alabama where they were met with insult and hatred from the white civilians and soldiers. When physically attacked the black...

  14. The Bankruptcy Act of 1898 is announced
    date November 28, 1898map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Economy

    For fifteen years prior to 1898 the Bankruptcy Act lay pending in the Congress. On November 18, 1898, the rules of the act were finally announced to the American people by Justice Gray of the United States Supreme Court. It was asserted that all rules of the act would take effect as of January 2, 1898. The act replaced the previous Bankruptcy Act of 1867.<br /><br />The Bankruptcy...

  15. Fatal Racial Confrontation Provokes Black Soldiers
    date November 29, 1898map BIBB, Georgiatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Race-Relations

    In late November 1898, Private Will Kempin, a black soldier in the Third North Carolina Regiment stationed in Macon, Georgia entered a saloon intending to buy a drink. Upon his entrance, the owner W. S. Simmons refused to serve him on the basis of his race. Kempin, upset over the discriminatory policy, had an altercation with Simmons' brother and then angrily left the establishment. Later he...

  16. Prohibition Meeting in Thomasville, Georgia
    date December 4, 1898map THOMAS, Georgiatags Law, Politics, Women

    The town of Thomasville, Georgia held an election to vote on the topic of prohibition on Monday December 3, 1898. Before the vote took place, people promoting opposite positions on prohibition traveled throughout Thomas County and endorsed their own views on the topic. Two prominent figures within Thomas County promoted their opposing stances. Judge Rodenberry led the prohibitionists, and Mr. Theo...

  17. The Treaty of Peace 1898
    date December 10, 1898map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Spanish-American War, The Treaty of Peace 1898

    The Treaty of Peace 1898

    The 1898 Treaty of Peace was a historical document that was composed to declare an end to armed conflict between the United States and Spain.  After the Spanish- American War had ended, both sides met in Paris and composed a treaty laying out the terms of the final settlement between both sides.  The treaty was signed in Paris, France on December 10, 1989.  No...

  18. President McKinley visits Alabama
    date December 16, 1898map MONTGOMERY, Alabamatags War

    In order to garner support for the Treaty of Paris, President McKinley visited Georgia and Alabama with fellow politicians Joe Wheeler, William Shafter, Henry Lawton, and Secretary Alger. The Presidents first stop in Alabama was at the Tuskegee Institute: a school of technical education for black men and women. At Tuskegee, McKinley was met by Booker T. Washington and a parade of 1,200 young...

  19. The Poetry of Henry Clarkson
    date 1898map PRINCE WILLIAM, Virginiatags Arts/Leisure, War

    In 1898, Henry Clarkson published a collection of poems called Songs of Love and War. In his collection, he portrayed the soldiers of the South as heroes. Clarkson had first hand experience in the Civil War. He trained as a physician and performed medical duties as a member of the army. After the war, he settled permanently in Haymarket, in Prince William County, Virginia. He continued to practice...

  20. The Lasting Tradition of Eatonville
    date 1898map ORANGE, Floridatags Eatonville, Black History

    A report on the Eatonville Farmers' Conference by a speaker from the conference Nathalie Lord shows that the meeting was geared towards continuing the goals and dreams set forth at the establishment of the Hungerford School and the town of Eatonville. At the conference, the town came to their resolutions regarding the direction of the school through the democratic process. They...

  21. Chief Osceola and his resistance to European influences
    date 1898map OSCEOLA, Floridatags Osceola, Chief Osceola

    Chief Osceola

    Chief Osceola represents the struggle to resist European influence amongst Indian tribes in the early eighteenth century. "He led by his own charisma, bravery in battle, and outspoken views against removal"(Kimball 2002). His cultural ties to the Muskogee tribe were undermined because he was thought to have a European father. This identification and relationship...

  22. Large Cotton Mills Open in Two Virginia Towns
    date January 20, 1899 to January, 1899map HENRICO, Virginiatags Economy

    The January 21 edition of the Richmond Dispatch announced the opening of large cotton mills in two towns in Virginia, Manchester and Old Dominion. The mills were already constructed in both towns, but had been closed, the Marshall Mills in Manchester for eighteen months and the Dominion mills for five years. The Mills would now be run in cooperation with one another, adopting the name United Cotton...

  23. Augusta Mill Strike Ends
    date January 27, 1899map RICHMOND, Georgiatags Economy

    A two month long strike in the cotton mills of Augusta ended in January after workers gave in a struggle with employers over wages and standards of living. The strike began on November 22, 1898. The strike was expected by those in the community, as tension had been mounting among the workers of the King mills, the Sibley mills, the Enterprise, the Warwick and the Isaetta. Workers at several of the...

  24. Blacks are requested to enlist for volunteer service in the Spanish American War
    date April, 1898 to August, 1898map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Race-Relations, War

    At the beginning of the Spanish American War, Secretary Alger sent a bill to Congress requesting 25,000 blacks to enlist and support the war effort. Alger was backed by many other political figures that wanted to create separate black forces. It was thought that blacks would be a valuable addition to the forces in terms of physical strength and supposed immunity to tropical diseases. At the same...

  25. The Rising Sun of White Supremacy in South Carolina
    date June 15, 1898map RICHLAND, South Carolinatags Education, Politics, Race-Relations

    In his Baccalaureate address give on June 15, 1898 at South Carolina College in Columbia, George Herbert Sass gave a speech to his fellow graduating classmates early in the morning as the sun rose over the ceremony, which began early to avoid the humid, southern heat. Sass addressed the changing times as he discussed how a person is unable to choose whether an act reflects character or was the result...