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Title: Elevator - May 19, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
Now that the nation has mourned the death of Abraham Lincoln the focus of American attention turns to Reconstruction and the question of rights for the newly freed slaves.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
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Title: Elevator - May 19, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
The writer tells his readers that African Americans have three main duties to perform to participate as good U. S. citizens: social (to realize quality in their own individual lives), civil, and political. He expands a bit on each, and tells his readers he will address the moral and religious duties in another issue.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - January 15, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer demonstrates the injustice of laws based on racial prejudice that are practiced in some U. S. states. These laws stand in stark contradiction to the precepts of the U. S. Constitution.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)