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Newspaper
The Colored American
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1866
Page
2
Golores American announces Mr. Thomas P. Beard will serve as general agent and editor of the Colored American during the editor’s absence. He is fully authorized to conduct all business connected with the paper.
A long critique argues Southern whites oppose social and political equality for Blacks yet fear its consequences. It contends moral restraint, marriage norms, and class boundaries shape equality, and condemns white hypocrisy while noting laws fail to curb concubinage. The piece links recent Alabama policies to broader race and family issues.
The Times reports Gen Tillson is exonerated over conduct with freedmen in Wilkes County Georgia. It notes outrages by bushwhackers and regulators, calls for military stationing, and cites a letter from Judge N M Reeve requesting intervention. A phrenology note on battle skulls and a Swedish needle gun invention are also mentioned.
A historical survey contrasts Roman freedmen with American freedpeople, arguing slavery’s reach spans many cultures and eras. The piece urges moral reform and active aid to freedmen, citing famine of charity and the need for persistent civic work amid winter hardship. It notes mortality among District of Columbia blacks and calls for renewed support and temperate policy, ending with a sudden note on polygamy controversy and a stage production cost.
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