1 10 1 https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/1229f11939f73027faff61d29fbd4a17.PNG a1f2b6434ecb3b9ac49ff6d24b05ef69 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource DeeDee Baldwin Assistant Professor, History Research Librarian <a href="mailto:dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu">dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document GENEROUS NEGROES Interesting Reminiscences of the Late <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-f--bowles--adams-county">George F. Bowles</a>, of Natchez. Natchez, Miss., Feb. 16. The generosity of a negro named Robert Church, in making a liberal donation for the Confederate encampment at Memphis, has a parallel in the case of <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-f--bowles--adams-county">George F. Bowles</a>, a negro who lived for many years at Natchez, and who died about one year ago at a ripe old age. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-f--bowles--adams-county">Bowles</a> never tired of doing good among the poor white people, and his purse was always open to appeals for charity. He was a man of considerable wealth and it is stated that during the last ten years of his life he gave away fully $15,000 for various causes. An instance in mind was the case of an old Confederate veteran who was rapidly declining in health from the inroads of a disease contracted in the army. For several months <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-f--bowles--adams-county">Bowles</a> attended to every want of the old fellow, paying the bills from his own purse, and a few hours before the battle scarred veteran died <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-f--bowles--adams-county">Bowles</a> told him that the local camp of Confederate Veterans was paying the expenses of his care, when as a fact there was hardly a dollar in the Camp's exchequer. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-f--bowles--adams-county">Bowles</a> was a member of the Mississippi Legislature for several years, and he made a notable speech in behalf of the first bill introduced to pension Confederate Veterans, and induced every colored member of the lower house to support the measure. Each Winter in Natchez he distributed wood and coal among the poor people, and many instances are told of his unbounded generosity. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vicksburg Evening Post clipping Subject The topic of the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-f--bowles--adams-county">Bowles, George F., 1844-1899</a>; Natchez (Miss.) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Vicksburg Evening Post Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1901-02-16 gf bowles natchez