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  1. Mobile Child Labor Reform Laws in 1897
    date 1897map MOBILE, Alabamatags Health/Death, Economy, Law, Politics

    The movement to reform child labor laws identified a new difficulty in the late part of the 1890's. In the year of 1897 citizens of Mobile and their representative Thomas H. Smith presented a series of bills to the Alabama Senate regarding child labor reform. These bills were purported to have come from the Mobile Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge. All were shot down in committees....

  2. Slave Resistance in Alexandria
    date July 9, 1819 to July 10, 1819map RAPIDES, Louisianatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Health/Death, Law, Race-Relations, Slavery

    On July 9, 1819, a Negro man violently attacked and brutally wounded the wife of his master, a Mr. John M. Smith of Alexandria, Louisiana, with the intention to kill her. On the same day as the attack, the slave, whose name was not given, was convicted and sentenced to be hanged. By the next day he was dead. The relationship between slave and owner teetered on a precarious balance. On one hand slaveholders...

  3. Sickness In the South
    date February 9, 1863map ROCKBRIDGE, Virginiatags Health/Death, War

    In the common way of the times during the Civil War one brother would often write to another informing him of events occurring at home while the other brother would write back with news from the battle line. This is what happened in the Bowman family. In one letter dated February 9, 186[3] one brother wrote from home telling his brother about the illness spreading through town. Andy is better but Mary...

  4. Man Trod to Death by Horse
    date January 22, 1820map ARKANSAS, Arkansastags Crime/Violence, Health/Death, Law

    On January 9, 1820, the people of Arkansas County had reason to be afraid; one of their neighbors had been found violently murdered. On that day, the coroner of Arkansas County held a formal inquest into the death of William Mabbet who had been found near Hickory Point. Curiously, Mabbet's body appeared heavily bruised and beaten, but showed no signs of resistance. If he had been attacked, should there...

  5. Mummy Visits Charleston
    date January 31, 1824map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags Arts/Leisure, Church/Religious-Activity, Health/Death, Education

    The Lady of Thebes Mummy was exhibited in Charleston and described in the Charleston Courier on January 31, 1824. The mummy was on a tour and had already visited Boston, Massachusetts. It's coffin was covered in hieroglyphics, and it was really a sight to see for the people of Charleston. The ancient Egyptian burial rites were a whole different world to the white Christians of South Carolina. The...

  6. The Peculiarity of William Knoth's Insanity
    date September 14, 1853map AUGUSTA, Virginiatags Health/Death, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Slavery

    William Knoth, an inmate of the Insane Asylum located in Augusta County, Virginia, escaped the facility and fled to Canada. He was described as being in a deranged state prior to his flight. Knoth had believed that the people of Augusta were hostile towards him because he was prejudiced against slavery. This is assumed to be the reason why he left for Canada. In addition, the inmate took with him 300,...

  7. Hawkins, the Horse Thief
    date February 29, 1848map ROCKBRIDGE, Virginiatags Crime/Violence, Health/Death, Government, Law

    On Thursday, February 29, 1849, The Valley Star of Lexington, Virginia reported that the infamous horse thief, Hawkins, while in jail, slit his own throat with a straight razor. The guards allowed the inmates razors and stood outside the cells as the prisoners shaved. According to the article, Hawkins turned to the guard, said, Good-bye, and promptly slit his throat. Being near at hand, we ran to see...

  8. Death of Capt. K G Gittio
    date February 25, 1885map NORFOLK CITY, Virginiatags Health/Death, Economy, Migration/Transportation, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    Few citizens of Portsmouth could escape the mourning of K G Gittio's death. On February 25, 1885 it covered the front page news, flags flew at half-mast, locomotives were shrouded, and traffic stopped, while people flooded to his funeral. The city had lost a respected citizen and a leading businessman, regarded as one of the South's best railroad men. Gittio, thinking he had a cold, had called upon...

  9. Soldier Conditions and Morale
    date 1862map HENRICO, Virginiatags Health/Death, War

    Soldier conditions throughout the Civil War, especially for the Confederacy were far from inspiring. All units from Virginia through Texas experienced poor camp conditions. Many soldiers wrote home complaining about the high occurrence of death and the inability of the sick to recover. J.B. Robertson was a colonel in the fifth Texas Infantry and often corresponded with Governor Lubbock. In one such...

  10. Relief from Crop Devastation
    date March 28, 1861map YAZOO, Mississippitags Agriculture, Health/Death, Economy, Government

    A considerable drought met the residents of central Mississippi during the summer of 1860. A great number of people from counties such as Leake and Attala were left with ruined crops and no other source of economic gain. In many cases both corn and cotton were devastated, leaving a considerable number of people without the means or credit to purchase bread. On March 28, 1861, John Pettus called this...

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