Speaker or author: Pennington, James W. C.
Newspaper or publication: National Principia
The speaker reviewed the history of mob action towards slaves and people of color in the U. S. since the 1600's. He then addressed the current mob attack of July, 1863, tracing the actions that culminated in violence. He stressed the influence of nationalism, colonization, education, politics, religion and race in the resulting riot. (This speech is combined here from two issues of the National Principal. Reference unpublished speech 27356.)
Description of file(s): PDF 20 page, 5,200 word document (text and images)
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Title: Pacific Appeal - July 18, 1863
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer comments on the New York draft riot. He believes this was instigated by pro-slavery political factions bent on sabotaging the war effort.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page