Historical Newspaper: Gloomy Views of Negro Honesty
Subject
Robert B. Elliott
Title
Historical Newspaper: Gloomy Views of Negro Honesty
Date
01/14/1873
Type
Historical Newspaper
Description
Note: See last column, 1st paragraph. Some language may be offensive to readers.
Chronicling America features a January 14, 1873 article, writer unknown, from The Spirit of Democracy newspaper on Robert Brown Elliott's perspectives on how John J. Patterson, a White businessman, had been elected to the United States Senate. According to the article, Elliott - a British Black man who moved to South Carolina and later became a Congressman (R-SC) - believed that "money was used very freely to secure Patterson's election." The article also includes direct quotes from Elliott in regard to how the election and accusations impacted the respectability of African Americans in the Legislature.
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Chronicling America features a January 14, 1873 article, writer unknown, from The Spirit of Democracy newspaper on Robert Brown Elliott's perspectives on how John J. Patterson, a White businessman, had been elected to the United States Senate. According to the article, Elliott - a British Black man who moved to South Carolina and later became a Congressman (R-SC) - believed that "money was used very freely to secure Patterson's election." The article also includes direct quotes from Elliott in regard to how the election and accusations impacted the respectability of African Americans in the Legislature.
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Publisher
Library of Congress - Chronicling America (The Spirit of Democracy, OH)
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Citation
“Historical Newspaper: Gloomy Views of Negro Honesty,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 3, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/876.