University Archives

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)

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

Keywords: Civil rights; equal rights; Reconstruction; society; suffrage

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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