University Archives

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)

The writer responds to an idea expressed in the Morning Call newspaper that civil wars are based on racial issues, and that problems arise within a society that mixes races.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Civil rights; Slavery; United States--History--19th century

Keywords: Civil rights; Civl War; equal rights; Mexico; Morning Call; politics; social equality; Spanish American Republic; suffrage; voting; War of Races

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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