Georgia Election in 1868 Polling Day Turmoil
An account of a contested 1868 Georgia election describes chaotic polls, fraud accusations, and violent rhetoric. It notes Democratic gains amid Black voter intimidation, with 1540 votes cast and later reports of armed Black voters detained, while the article condemns radical tactics and praises military intervention to secure the process.
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eBoum Canning
Aloe Pour
Winrisay
Hotham-Thieman
Ty Promiute
Georgia
Board of
Mynagora
Monte
Arvants
Ana
Panies
R. c
Dildita
League
Hogarth
Vallock
Bond
Joseph
Moende
Akrica
Cane Vanour
Radicala
Negrea
Gheakmate
Radical Party
Jackson
Ditson
Banbo
Soimbch
Janus
Anim Joy
Ebop Uquade
A Sacred and Pleasing Duty Remains Honoring Martyr Dead
A city statement notes graves renewal on Saturday May 2 for fallen martyrs of oppression. It laments anti rebel views and denounces radical voices while affirming reverence for those mourned, with tears for the departed and a warning against tyranny.
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Exon Nero
Caligula
Bialyre
Beast Butler
Poetic oblique tribute to the nation’s honored dead
The text offers a mournful testimonial about a national memorial theme. It recalls violets and roses over storm torn grave mounds marking the long repose of the honored dead. It notes yearly observance through shifting seasons with prayers for mankind.
Presbyterian plan for a colored church in the South
A proposal argues for a separate colored Presbyterian Church led by educated black preachers and elders, under white professors initially, with control by the Supreme Judicatory until self sufficiency. It seeks to elevate education, address caste prejudice, and urges the General Assembly meeting in Baltimore to consider the issue.
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Glen Ae
Eich Aoourwe
Supreme Judicatory of the Church
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States
Baltimore
South
Letter from Rev Davenport on Indian River Florida trip
Rev Davenport outlines Florida beyond the Indian River estuary fifty miles inland, noting rich hammock lands and crops like sugar cane cotton and tropical fruit. He recounts migration to the western shore, a rough land with pines and sand ridges, and his move to near Enterprise on the upper St Johns. He describes a hospitable hotel owner and a benefactor Benson, plus his daily toil and Sunday efforts.
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Davenport
Indian River
Atlantic
Florida
Providence
Enterprise
Upper St. Johns
Eounty
Volocia County
Aga Mull Place
Fry
Holden
Orange County
Conor
Poeston
Jack
Benson
Brooklyn
N.Y
Hiddle
Georgia
Fragmentary plea on loyalties and faith in a distant nation
The excerpt laments foreign influence and divided loyalties within a community. It argues that residents living near a larger nation should not be preached to by outsiders and questions where such consistency can be found.
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Linia
Floror
Miny Pbo
Tragedy in Macon Store Floor Collapse
An estimable Macon citizen, Mr. US A Troutman, was crushed to death when floor filling collapsed under saturated soil at Seymour and Johnson’s store. The incident follows a chain of political and legal turmoil including registry fraud reports, contested elections, and debates over education and debt relief.
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US. A. Troutman
Macon
Messrs
Seymour & Johnson
Hous
Gen
Meade
Colum 8
Cash system enforced by Southern presses forces cash only ads
A Mobile area paper quotes the "Sash Arti cle" argument from the Sannath Republican on adopting a strict cash system. It notes subscriptions and ads must be prepaid, with monthly bills only for ongoing advertisers. The piece laments credit and urges readers to pay promptly to support printers and operations. The column ends with fashion notes on bonnets giving way to tamped coiffures and opera headwear trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegraph
Wyaterman
Sesannath
Louisiana’s Early History and Growth in the Nineteenth Century
The article sketches Louisiana’s colonial shifts from French 1717 to Spanish 1702 and transfer to France, then sale to the United States in 1808. It notes New Orleans population, inland navigation, timbered uplands, and extensive rivers. It cites rail mileage, plantation scale, and outmigration of natives under homestead law, with critical stance on Northern land buyers. It also reports a Hartford meeting on segregated schooling for Black children, authorizing only designated Black schools and limiting permission for Black pupils to attend White schools based on district consent.
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Bourtehs Movareny
Lousiana
Spain
France
United States
New Orleans
Mississippi
Red River
Atachafalays
Guachita
Ti Babine
Neonews
Winig
Connecticut
Georgia
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African Church, South
Rev. Smith Davenport
News Summuary
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