Negro Ideas of Liberty

WS 1865-07-21 Negro Ideas of Liberty p 1, col F.JPG

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