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Contents include but are not limited to tribute to Frederick Douglass with local social news, regional crime and accident reports, labor and political items, and many classified ads and notices. The Douglass pieces recount his rise from slavery to literacy, oratory, publishing, activism in abolition and Reconstruction, travels and lectures in Britain, role with the Freedmen's Bank, family and final years in Washington; they praise his intellect, character and public service. Surrounding articles report community events local deaths and accidents, criminal incidents, labor unrest electrical and building trades strikes, international and national dispatches European politics, monetary conference, Samoan/German rumors, Panama battle, state legislature and court news, patent notices, railroad and excursion advertisements, and many commercial adverts and classifieds for services and goods. The paper blends news, opinion, social columns and advertising typical of a late 19th-century African American weekly.
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Title:
Iowa state bystander. volume 01, number 38, February 22, 1895
Date Created:
1895-02-22
Time Period:
1890s
Description:
Contents include but are not limited to tribute to Frederick Douglass with local social news, regional crime and accident reports, labor and political items, and many classified ads and notices. The Douglass pieces recount his rise from slavery to literacy, oratory, publishing, activism in abolition and Reconstruction, travels and lectures in Britain, role with the Freedmen's Bank, family and final years in Washington; they praise his intellect, character and public service. Surrounding articles report community events local deaths and accidents, criminal incidents, labor unrest electrical and building trades strikes, international and national dispatches European politics, monetary conference, Samoan/German rumors, Panama battle, state legislature and court news, patent notices, railroad and excursion advertisements, and many commercial adverts and classifieds for services and goods. The paper blends news, opinion, social columns and advertising typical of a late 19th-century African American weekly.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Crime Accidents Labor Slavery African American political activists Abolitionists Death Foreign news Railroads Advertising Advertising, Newspaper Advice columns
Subject (Person):
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Contributor (Person):
Ruff, Charles S. Ruff, Thaddeus S. Thompson, John L. (John Lay), 1869-1930
Location:
Iowa--Des Moines
Language:
eng
Contributing Institution:
State Historical Society of Iowa
Publisher:
Iowa State Bystander Pub. Co.
Extent:
4 pages
Genre:
Newspapers
Type:
Text Image
Format:
image/jpeg
Digital Collection Title:
Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa
Digital Collection Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9156m
Related Resource:
Library of Congress Control Number: sn83025186
Digital Object Identifier:
bystander1895022201
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9b56dc7p
Metadata License:
This metadata record is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Source
Suggested Citation:
"Iowa state bystander. volume 01, number 38, February 22, 1895", State Historical Society of Iowa, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9b56dc7p
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No Copyright - United States
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