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Practical Negro Equality (August 14th, 1867)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: According to the Boonsboro Odd Fellow, the “colored citizens” from that town held a picnic near Keedysville that involved the sharing of plates and utensils between blacks and “Rebels” as a result of the latter’s eagerness to have ice cream.
Full DetailsEmancipation Celebration (August 21st, 1867)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: An emancipation celebration will take place in Worman's Woods today
Full DetailsProcession of Colored People (August 21st, 1867)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: The “colored folks” of Greencastle, PA, will hold a grand procession to celebrate the abolition of slavery. Delegations from other towns, including Hagerstown, are expected to attend. Several bands will play music and a number of speakers, including Orator Brown of Baltimore, will give addresses.
Full DetailsEmancipation Celebration (August 28th, 1867)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: An emancipation celebration was held in Worman's Woods today
Full DetailsDemocratic-Rebel-Conservative Club (August 28th, 1867)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: A meeting of people with anti-African American sentiments was held in Swamp Hall at Frederick City last Friday to form a club termed the “Democratic-Rebel-Conservative Club”
Full DetailsInequality of Representation (August 28th, 1867)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Men of all parties are urged to vote against the proposed Constitution because it counts negroes toward a county’s representation in the legislature, but denies them the vote, instead giving it to their former slave masters. As a result, the representation in the former slave-holding counties is inflated at the expense of Baltimore and the western counties.
Full DetailsCompensation for Slaves (September 4th, 1867)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: The author is against the compensating the owners of now emancipated slaves
Full DetailsWe hear a great deal … (September 6th, 1867)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: "Disunionists" want the Negro to be free, to vote, and to intermarry with whites.
Full DetailsNegro Representation (September 11th, 1867)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Article criticizes the "Rebels" proposed new constitution for Maryland. Says it does not allow for Negro suffrage but wants to use high African American population in certain counties to increase the number of legislators representing those counties. Included are population figures for Washington County, Carroll County and Charles County.
Full DetailsAnother Democratic Fizzle (September 12th, 1867)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Report that a Democratic Mass Meeting in Westminster was attended by 86 men, women and children "and a few Woolly-Heads" attracted by the music.
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