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Episodes tagged "Race-Relations": 41 through 50 of 667

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  1. Denial of Serive
    date August 3, 1895map CARROLL, Marylandtags African-Americans, Arts/Leisure, Law, Race-Relations

    Nearly twenty years earlier, the United States government ratified the Civil Rights Act of 1875 to alleviate some of the racial tensions still proliferated throughout the inner workings of society. During the summer months, it was common for families of all races to travel throughout the country for vacation and receive such hospitalities as refreshments and other accommodations. The businesses of...

  2. Post-Reconstruction Tensions in Fairview Township, South Carolina
    date April, 1887 to June 29, 1887map GREENVILLE, South Carolinatags African-Americans, Race-Relations

    Tensions between the black and white communities of Fairview Township in Greenville County increased drastically due to the revelation of secret night-time meetings amongst the black societies. The Enterprise and Mountaineer initially talked to the white population of Fairview and it was revealed how the African-American community was holding secret meetings at varying locations; according to the paper,...

  3. Branding
    date June 16, 1838map NORFOLK CITY, Virginiatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Law, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Slavery

    Under Virginia law, it was legal to brand slaves on the hand until 1838. Branding on the hand was particularly important as an effective way of ensuring the failure of any future attempt at escaping bondage. On June 16, 1838, The Colored American reported that the court of Norfolk Borough had removed those odious relics of the barbarous age, the shackles and staples by which the hand of the criminal...

  4. Runaway Slaves Seek Refuge in Union Camp
    date May 21, 1862map JEFFERSON, Louisianatags African-Americans, Government, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Slavery, War

    One morning in May two slaves, Sam and Mary, belonging to Mr. Mitthoff, left their home and went to Camp Parapet, a Union fort. They took with them an assortment of Mitthoff's property, including livestock, a cart, and clothing. Mitthoff's son went after the slaves and attempted to bring back the cart and other items.When leaving the camp he was asked to show his passports. He was then told that...

  5. Wyatt's Imprisonment
    date January 5, 1863map NELSON, Virginiatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Economy, Race-Relations, Slavery

    The common practice of hiring out one's slaves ensured that even when work was less plentiful on the plantation, a master's investment in a slave would still be lucrative. A slave in this position identified only as Wyatt landed himself in jail after attempting repeatedly to be sold back to the plantation where his family resided. The current owners who had been trying to sell him wrote a letter to...

  6. 50 Negroes for Sale
    date January 23, 1816map HENRICO, Virginiatags African-Americans, Law, Race-Relations, Slavery

    Epes Spain put an ad in the Richmond Enquirer advertising the sale of fifty negroes, to be sold at the Price Edward court house at the end of the month of January. He stated that African Americans were raised by him, and that among them was a blacksmith, a carriage driver, a seamstress, a weaver, excellent house-servants, and boys of good size for plough. He also made sure to mention that all of the...

  7. Days of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer
    date December 5, 1850 to November 21, 1860map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags Church/Religious-Activity, Government, Politics, Race-Relations, Slavery, War

    There was always a crisis in the 1850s, at least in the minds of the citizens of Charleston. On December 6, 1850, William H. Barnwell, rector of St. Peter's Church, took the pulpit to expand upon the great political question which is agitating our country. The occasion? A Day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer, as designated by the South Carolina legislature. The great political question? Slavery,...

  8. Colonization Movement
    date December 19, 1836map NORFOLK CITY, Virginiatags African-Americans, Church/Religious-Activity, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Slavery

    On December 19, 1836, Philo, an anonymous member of the Norfolk community, tried to spur popular support for the resettlement of blacks in Africa. He called both Christians and patriots to rally for a cause truly worthy of the friends of the African race. This plan, he said, was consistent with individual rights and the peace, happiness, and prosperity, of the free coloured race ... [and] promises...

  9. Railroad Ruckus
    date January 30, 1895map HAWKINS, Tennesseetags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    On an ordinary day in Rogersville the Southern Railway train, run by Conductor Shell, pulled into the station to unload its cargo of flour and take on the next load of lumber. Lewis Boyd, a black man, hopped up into the car to help unload the flour. As he removed the sacks of flour from the car, he happened to throw some of them to the ground. Conductor Shell reprimanded Boyd for his carelessness and...

  10. Chinese Workers Arrive in Iberville Parish, Louisiana
    date October 26, 1870map IBERVILLE, Louisianatags African-Americans, Agriculture, Economy, Race-Relations

    The Chinese workers were wide-eyed with anticipation when they arrived at Edward Gay's St. Louis plantation in Iberville Parish, Louisiana on October 26, 1870. The welcome that the workers recruited from California received when they stepped foot on the rich white Gay family's land was far from hospitable. Moon-Ho Jung's Coolies and Cane frankly describes the scene: Gay's son Andrew, a planter himself,...

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