Annals of Cleveland

Slavery | Emancipation

Parents: Slavery /

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Abstracts: 6

Abstracts

1978

Cleveland Morning Leader, 1 January 1864 (ed; 8 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1978 - L. Jan. 1; ed: 2/1 - "It has now become a daily jeremiad among the
so-called Democracy, that Mr. Lincoln, in making his Amnesty Proclamation,
has done a very cruel, impolitic and unconstitutional act.... The South,
driven to the verge of Union, ... wooed by the dulcet assurances of demo-
cratic love, ... were about to fling themselves into the loving embraces
of their Northern friends.
"According to the New York WORLD... Mr. Lincoln could have offered to
these Southern Lords no greater insult than to demand an oath of alle-
giance to the proclamation of emancipation. 'If instead of this he had
made t l;em offers which the world would have regarded as just and liberal,
the bottom of Meminger's financial bucket would have been knocked out....'
"There may be politicians ready to hob-nob with Jeff Davis in the
Senate, and look benignly upon Toombs and Stevens and men of that
sort, as... misguided men.
"They very much mistake the American people, if they imagine them to
be so blinded and gullible that they (the people) cannot see what's the
matter. Slavery is eternally doomed. In the eyes of all mankind, this
nation would be blasted with infamy to allow the men who have plunged
this once happy people into a war, to return to their old positions of
honor and favor." (8)

Index terms:

Davis, Jeff; *Emancipation; Lincoln, Abraham; Memminger; New York; New York WORLD; South; Stevens, Alex; Toombs, Robert; U. S. Senate

1979

Cleveland Morning Leader, 17 February 1864 (ed; 6 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1979 - L. Feb. 17; ed:2/1 - A large meeting was held in Covington to ap-
point delegates to the Emancipation convention to be held in Louisville
Feb. 22. "The work of abolition in this stiff-necked state will be one
of great importance, but who can doubt that Kentucky will be obliged to
follow in the wake of Maryland, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana
and Florida?" - (6)

Index terms:

Arkansas; Covington, Ky.; Florida; Kentucky; Louisiana; Louisville Ky.; Missouri; Tennessee

1980

Cleveland Morning Leader, 21 December 1864 (ed; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1980 - L Dec. 21; ed: 2/1 - "It is understood now that many of the Demo-
cratic Congressmen in Washington are favoring the Constitutional Amend-
ment abolishing slavery. They say that if they do not pass it, there
can be no hope for their success when the cortest for State Legislatures
is made in the Fall." (2)

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Washington, D. C.

1981

Cleveland Morning Leader, 26 December 1864 (ed; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1981 - L Dec. 26; ed: 2/1 - The New York NEWS published a letter signed
Abolitionist saying that if the South abolisles slavery. Wendell Phillips
and other abolitionists would favor recognition of Southern independence.
"This is a grave mistake. There may be a few hot-headed abolitionists
who would favor such a policy, but that species is not found in these
parts." - - (2)

Index terms:

New York city; New York NEWS, The; Phillips, Wendell; South

1982

Cleveland Morning Leader, 27 December 1864 (8 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

1982 - H Dec. 27:2/3, 4 - In a letter to the editor, "C. S. M." writes
of a case in Hilton Head, S. C., where a colored man whipped his wife
and son until the son died. He says: "The colored man had been a slave
driver among the rice fields in Georgia for a number of years. He had
no opportunity to indulge in his propensities for a long time, and I
suppose it was as much a gratification to him to whip that boy to death
as it is for an old toper to take a drink. I take it this is one of the
outcroppings of the institution (we see a great many) and shows the deep,
hellish damning influence of this accursed system upon the black race."
(8)

Index terms:

Georgia; Hilton Head S. C.

1983

Cleveland Morning Leader, 27 December 1864 (ed; 4 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1983 - H Dec. 27; ed:4/1 - An Arkansas judge charged a jury that "hoid-
ing or selling slaves is a crime, amounting to felony."
"The grand jury of Pulaski county, Arkansas, is indicting its slave-
holders as felons. This is their just reward for rebelling in order to
strengthen the accursed institution." (4)

Index terms:

Arkansas; Pulaski county, Arkansas