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At the Baltimore Annual Conference… (April 22nd, 1868)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Annual conference in Baltimore of African Methodist Episcopal Church appointed Rev. Jacob Nicholson to Hagerstown and White Oak Grove Stations and Rev. J. R. S___ to Clear Spring. Bishop Waxman presided over the conference.
Full DetailsAssault (May 7th, 1868)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Report of assault by white men on Benjamin Lewis, black man working for Isaac Winchester, as he walked on Littlestown Turnpike near Crouse's store.
Full DetailsHon. John E. Smith, President… (May 7th, 1868)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: The Republican State Central Committee includes 5 men from Carroll County (McKellip, Haines, Gore, Ecker and Campbell) - county members of the committee are asked to appoint one colored Republican from each county.
Full DetailsAn Address on Education (May 20th, 1868)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Gen. O. O. Howard, Chief of the Freedman's Bureau, and others, will address the citizens of Hagerstown, at the Bethel Church on the subject of education.
Full DetailsEducation of the Colored People (May 27th, 1868)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: A meeting of the colored people of Hagerstown at Bethel Church was held to discuss building a school on land given by Mrs. Lawrence. Attending were both colored and white citizens. Gen. C. H. Howard, Commissioner of Freedmen for Maryland, Rev. John Kimball, Superintendent for Education for MD and Capt. J. C. Brubaker, Military Commissioner at Harper's Ferry were present. Capt. Brubaker presided. Mention was made of the advantages of the colored people of Washington County of having public support for their rights. They are not subject to the indignities shown to Negroes in the South. The colored people were urged by Mr. Kimball to take immediate advantage of the opportunity to build a school.
Full DetailsWeight (June 3rd, 1868)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Feuding between the Herald and Torch Light and The Mail over issue of building a school for Negro children and significance of what was contributed to build it by the Freedmen's Bureau. The Mail said what the Bureau gave was insignificant, but the Herald said it was 40,000 bricks and challenges the Mail to double that amount in lumber, etc.
Full DetailsColored Certification (June 24th, 1868)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: The colored Masonic Lodge of Hagerstown will hold a procession. The colored Lodges of Frederick and Chambersburg will also take part.
Full DetailsColored Masonic Procession (July 1st, 1868)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: A procession by "the colored Masons of this town, together with a number of their brethren from other places" marched in Hagerstown. The Chief Marshal was Samuel Nimmy. They "made quite a creditable appearance, marching well and observing all the rules of decorum which impart respect and dignity to such occasions." Afterward, addresses were given at Bethel Church by Rev. Nicholson, Hammond and Kees and there was "fine entertainment" in the basement of the church.
Full DetailsThe Democracy and the Negro Vote (August 5th, 1868)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: The Herald says the Republican Party stands pledged "to equal rights to all men before the law." "The freedmen will not forget, however, that they are indebted for political privileges to the Republican Party alone." "The so-called Democratic Party would never have yielded political rights to the freedmen." Grant and Colfax are the best possible leaders of the country through "the dangers which now threaten it."
Full DetailsThe Colored Celebration (August 12th, 1868)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: A colored picnic took place near Shepherdstown which was attended by one to two thousand people. Moxley's colored Band of Hagerstown supplied the music. This report came from the Register.
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