Title
'When Rogues Attack'
Subject
Black race
Description
Though this event did not take place in Washington Territory, Washington Democrat editor, Urban E. Hicks, placed the article in the column directly next to the news that Lincoln had been killed.
“That the whole idea of “freedmen” was a hideous joke – the President’s Emancipation Proclamation a sham”.
“That the whole idea of “freedmen” was a hideous joke – the President’s Emancipation Proclamation a sham”.
Abstract
This is a reprint of an unknown newspaper’s accounting of a Boston Anti-Slavery Society meeting which describes a heated discussion over the issue of “freedmen.” The article focuses on points made that freedmen are worse off now than before the war due to abuse and treachery from Northern interests.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Washington Democrat
Publisher
Olympia, Washington Territory: Urban E. Hicks
Date Issued
1865-04-29
Contributor
Dr. Knox
References
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Medium
Web
Type
article
Bibliographic Citation
Vol. 1, No. 25, col. D
Temporal Coverage
1865-04
Provenance
http://news.google.com/newspapers
URL
http://news.google.com/newspapers
Start Page
2
End Page
2