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From Immigrant To Ethnic: Interview With Charlotte Lee By Joseph Conforti, Charlotte Lee

From Immigrant to Ethnic

No abstract provided.

From Immigrant To Ethnic: Interview With Prudence Hawkins By Joseph Conforti, Prudence Hawkins

From Immigrant to Ethnic

No abstract provided.

An Interpretation Of The Florida Ex-Slaves' Memories Of Slavery & The Civil War, Dianna Zacharias

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study is an analysis and interpretation of oral folk history preserved in the Florida Narratives, one state collection of ex-slave narratives from the larger Federal Writers' Project collection compiled in the 1930s. Fifty-four tales were extracted from this state collection and used as a basis for this study. These personal reminiscences, called memorates by folklorists, fell into two categories: slavery and the Civil war. The tales about slavery were compared to the theses and conclusions regarding slavery held by sociologists and The tales about the Civil War and emancipation were gathered by historians.

The comparison revealed that there …

Slavery And Stratification, Lee Andrew Irving

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

My own experience as an American have led to questions concerning stratification of Negroes by Whites and Negroes by Negroes. What, if any, is the history behind these social distinctions, based primarily on variables such as race and skin-color gradations?

Evidence as to achievements by people representing all races and skin-color gradations is more available today than say, during slavery, because of better opportunities for all citizens of this country to become informed vis the mass media. What is there in history that lends basis to these ridiculous myths based on race and skin-color gradations? Could the institution of slavery …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 46, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Coming Events Calendar
• West on Western Sports
• The Marquee – Entertainment
• Faculty Facts
• Intramural Corner
• Religious News
• Hilltopics
• Social Whirl
• Alumni News

This issue contains articles:

• Bonfire to Spark Homecoming
• Votes Today to Decide Queen & Favorites
• Love Songs, Heroism . . . South Pacific Opening Nears
• Louisville Orchestra to Perform Here
• New Council to Improve Faculty Communications
• Jim Miller Attends Art Festival
• Four Attending College Conference
• Peace Corps Reaffirms Junior’s Goals, Ideals – Linda Rose
• Sororities Invite 52 Coeds to Pledge
• Gati, Richard. Business Starts …

A Survey Of American Negro Slavery As Seen In Its Legal Aspects, Mona M. Webb

Graduate Student Research Papers

This paper presents a limited study of the legal basis for slavery in pre-civil war United States laws.

Notes From Fragments Of The Past: Historical Sketches Of Oley And Vicinity, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten notes copied from the unpublished volume Fragments of the Past: Historical Sketches of Oley and Vicinity by P. G. Bertolet, compiled by Alfred L. Shoemaker, originally dated 1860. Within, a number of stories collected from the Oley Valley detail various subjects including encounters with Native Americans, churches, rock formations, Revolutionary War encampments and husking parties.

Study Outline History Of The American Negro People, 1619-1918, Elizabeth Lawson

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

No abstract provided.

The Social Implications Of The Negro Spiritual, John Lovell

Faculty Reprints

No abstract provided.

May 1930, William Preston Davies

W. P. Davies' Newspaper Column ('That Reminds Me')

No abstract provided.

The Evening Item, June 30, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright

The Evening Item

The Evening Item was a daily newspaper published by the Wright Brothers' Company, Item Publishing Co. This paper, published from April 1890 through July 1890, focused on world and local events. The front page of this issue features stories about a farmer being attacked by a black snake, six hundred black laborers being treated like slaves in Arkansas, the completion of the Ulm Cathedral, the tallest building in the world, and more. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.

The War And Slavery, And Their Relations To Each Other : A Discourse, Delivered In The Old South Church, Reading, Mass., December 28, 1862, William Barrows

Civil War Text

This pamphlet is a discourse delivered by Reverend William Barrows about the relations between the War and Slavery. The pamphlet is a second edition and, as noted on the title page, was "published by request."

Speech Of Hon. William A. Howard Of Michigan, William Alanson Howard

Civil War Text

Speech of Hon. William A. Howard of Michigan, in the house of representatives, March 23, 1858. Consisting of 8 pages. 1 large page, printed front & back, folded to make 8 pages.

The Crime Against Kansas: The Apologies For The Crime; The True Remedy. Speech Of Hon. Charles Sumner. In The Senate Of The United States,19th And 20th..., Charles Sumner

Civil War Text

Loose title page and introduction page of the book: "The Crime Against Kansas: The Apologies for the Crime; The True Remedy. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner. In the Senate of the United States, 19th and 20th, May, 1856." The introduction page, however, is covered by a clipped article: "Letter of the Hon. Edward Bates of Missouri."

Speech Of Hon. Salmon P. Chase, Salmon P. Chase

Civil War Text

Speech of Honorary Salmon P. Chase delivered at the Republican Mass Meeting in Cincinnati, August 21, 1855. Together with extracts from his speeches in the Senate of Kindred subjects. Consisting of 16 pages.

Slave Trade Ledger Of William James Smith, 1844-1854, William James Smith

Local History

This ledger meticulously details the prices paid and received for scores of human beings (as slaves; only first names are recorded), as well as the expenses incurred by Smith in undertaking this business venture, such as feeding, clothing, sheltering, and nursing the people he purchased and sold. The details of the book illustrate that Smith took several "trips" between 1844 and 1854 to buy and sell slaves: detailed records of purchases and sales of "Negroes" exist for all of the years between 1844 and 1854. The listing of expenses for the year of 1844 (the most complete account) indicate that …