Mean - Very Mean!
Summary
Accuses rival paper The Hagerstown Mail of manufacturing quotes of Southern black men to make them appear unintelligent, uninformed, unworthy of the vote, etc. The Herald defends the Southern Negroes and notes that Alabama is currently holding a convention to write a new state constitution with 18-20 Negroes as part of that group. The new constitution will grant equal suffrage and rights to both races. It is unfair to criticize the speech, etc. of the Negroes when they have been denied any education for 200 years. The new Alabama constitution will be far superior to the old one written solely by white men.
Article Source
Newspaper: The Herald and Torch Light
Publication Date: December 18th, 1867
Page/Column: 2B
Town: Hagerstown, MD
County: Washington
Subjects
- Aftermath of War / Reconstruction
- African Americans
