Colored American urges subscriptions and outlines labor contracts
The notice from the Colored American lists subscription options and rates and calls for subscribers and printers. It also includes Bureau of Refugees highlights on postwar labor contracts, wages, and protection for freed people. It emphasizes harmony and the duties of employers and freed workers under the 1865 act and amendments.
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Moses Garr
Albert Tompkins
Joseph K. Williams
Moses Johnson
Ellis Street
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Ave
Humanity
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Georgia
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United States
Davis Tillson
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Mixed Postwar Notes From The Nation On Rail Crash And Freedmen
The item catalogues a river ice hazard near Albany, a rumored mutiny by the Sixth United States colored cavalry at Helena, Arkansas, and a fatal December 1 collision on the New Jersey Central Railroad with seven dead. It also reports on reconstruction, property, and politics including the Alabama tax rule for negro lessees, freedmen rights debates, and a speech by a Georgia colored citizen urging calm and self-respect.
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Cotorsp Crrizen
Letter from John Bright on Union victory and black rights
John Bright writes from Rochdale in 1865 praising the Union victory and urging the Lincoln administration to protect newly freed people. He warns that without a firmer stance toward the South the negroes may suffer and urges honest dealing with the Black population. The Madison letter notes the Louisville Courier view on Southern reintegration.
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Gaylord
Freedmen Convention Debate Provokes Chronicle Controversy
A Chronicle & Sentinel notice from the 27th details a conflict over Freedmen conventions. It criticizes a paper for opposing the conventions after soliciting freedmen support and funds, urging renewed advocacy despite expected costs and disagreement.
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Chronicle & Sentinel
South
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