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Book/Printed Material Freedom honored! ; Hon. Hugh McCollough on emancipation ; Correspondence. Freedom honored! / Hon. Hugh McCollough on emancipation / Correspondence / Emancipation Celebration, January 1st 1891 at Alexandria, Virginia

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Title

  • Freedom honored! ; Hon. Hugh McCollough on emancipation ; Correspondence.

Other Title

  • Freedom honored!
  • Hon. Hugh McCollough on emancipation
  • Correspondence
  • Emancipation Celebration, January 1st 1891 at Alexandria, Virginia

Summary

  • A speech by James M. Townsend, an African American and a recorder in the U.S. General Land Office, reported here by Magnus L. Robinson, editor of the Weekly Leader in Alexandria, Virginia, on the 28th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Townsend speaks about African American pride and the quest for political and civil equality, especially in the South. Contains a letter from Hugh McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury under Lincoln, reviewing race relations in U.S. with particular attention to the franchise for blacks.

Names

  • Townsend, James M.
  • Robinson, Magnus L.
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Alexandria, Va.? : s.n., 1891]

Headings

  • -  African Americans--Civil rights
  • -  United States.--President (1861-1865 : Lincoln).--Emancipation Proclamation

Genre

  • Addresses--Virginia--Alexandria--1891

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LC copy has inscriptions in ink on p. [1]: Emancipation Celebration January 1st 1891 at Alexandria, Virginia; Magnus L. Robinson. On p. [3]: Speech of Hon. James M. Townsend, recorder U.S. Land Office. Wash. D.C.

Medium

  • 28 p. : ports. ; 17 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E449 .D16 vol. F, no. 10

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 91898141

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Townsend, James M, Magnus L Robinson, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Freedom honored! ; Hon. Hugh McCollough on emancipation ; Correspondence. [Alexandria, Va.?: s.n, 1891] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/91898141/.

APA citation style:

Townsend, J. M., Robinson, M. L. & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1891) Freedom honored! ; Hon. Hugh McCollough on emancipation ; Correspondence. [Alexandria, Va.?: s.n] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/91898141/.

MLA citation style:

Townsend, James M, Magnus L Robinson, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Freedom honored! ; Hon. Hugh McCollough on emancipation ; Correspondence. [Alexandria, Va.?: s.n, 1891] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/91898141/>.