Historical Newspaper: Martin R. Delany
Subject
Martin Delany
Title
Historical Newspaper: Martin R. Delany
Date
10/15/1874
Type
Historical Newspaper
Description
Note: See last column, 2nd paragraph.
Chronicling America presents an October 15, 1874 article, author unknown, from the Yorkville Enquirer about Martin Delany- the first Black Union Army field officer turned Lieutenant Governor candidate. The article provides a detailed, biographical account of his life. Themes include: his parents and his free upbringing in Virginia and the North, his educational pursuits in medicine, his abolitionist activism, his editorial venture with Frederick Douglass in New York, his overseas travels before his military service in the U.S. Union Army. Other themes include: his work with the Freedmen's Bureau, his brief stint working with South Carolina governor Robert Kingston Scott before his legal issues.
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Chronicling America presents an October 15, 1874 article, author unknown, from the Yorkville Enquirer about Martin Delany- the first Black Union Army field officer turned Lieutenant Governor candidate. The article provides a detailed, biographical account of his life. Themes include: his parents and his free upbringing in Virginia and the North, his educational pursuits in medicine, his abolitionist activism, his editorial venture with Frederick Douglass in New York, his overseas travels before his military service in the U.S. Union Army. Other themes include: his work with the Freedmen's Bureau, his brief stint working with South Carolina governor Robert Kingston Scott before his legal issues.
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Publisher
Library of Congress - Chronicling America (Yorkville Enquirer, SC)
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Citation
“Historical Newspaper: Martin R. Delany,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 20, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/391.