Title
Negro Ideas of Liberty
Subject
Black race
Description
The Walla Walla Statesman reprints news items indicating that former slaves expect to seize the property of their former owners and live in luxury and idleness. For territorial readers, this is one article in a steady diet of such articles, shaping and reinforcing the notion that black men could not handle the responsibilities of citizenship.
Abstract
The Walla Walla Statesman republishes apparently with comment news items from "eastern journals" purportedly describing the expectations of former slaves for their new liberty.
Source
Walla Walla Statesman
Publisher
Walla Walla W.T.: R.R. and S.G. Rees
Date Issued
1865-07-21
Medium
Web
Type
article
Bibliographic Citation
Vol. IV, No. 32, p. 1, col. F
Provenance
Washington Secretary of State: Historic Newspapers
URL
http://sos.wa.gov/history/newspapers.aspx
Start Page
1
End Page
1