1 10 5 https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/084792a105cb848c59be2432b218e8f1.PNG 65643ba58e089a23818cb10e2372803a 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 Important Railroad Meeting. We copy the following report from the Vicksburg Times: On the nineteenth instant a meeting of the board of directors of the Vicksburg, Pensacola and Ship Island railroad was held at the office of Laz Lindsey, Esq., at which time the resignation of Dr. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/thomas-w--stringer--warren-cou">Thomas W. Stringer</a>, a director, was tendered and received. The resignation of Dr. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/thomas-w--stringer--warren-cou">Stringer</a> being received, the board elected to fill the vacancy General N. H. Harris. There being also another vacancy in the directory, it was filled by the election of B. R. Thomas, Esq., president of the Vicksburg bank. Dr. J. T. Smith, the president of the company, thereupon tendered his resignation, stating that as he resided in Columbus, it was impossible for him to give that attention to the business of the company which was required. The directory refused to accept the resignation of Dr. Smith, except on condition that he accept the position of vice president, to which he reluctantly acceded. The resignation of Dr. Smith having been accepted, the vacancy was filled by electing General N. H. Harris president of the company, and Dr. J. T. Smith vice president. 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 New Orleans Republican clipping Subject The topic of the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/thomas-w--stringer--warren-cou">Stringer, Thomas W., 1815-1893</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource New Orleans Republican Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1872-10-27 railroads stringer https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/58d5e6a96086527ef4d8ab02b60dacb1.PNG 02d05cc52184105c2e6681ad3b88df3c 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 FOR THE RAILROAD. Prominent Colored Men Who Will not do McKee's Bidding. Several influential colored men of the city have been interviewed on the subject of the M., J. & K. C. Railroad, and their answers go to show that Gen. McKee has not the slightest influence with any of them. In the first place they do not propose to have it said that any man carries their vote in his vest pocket; second, they realize the benefits that would accrue to the laboring men of the city; third, they do not think this a political matter; fourth, they have not forgotten the speech made by Gen. McKee in which he urged the organization of a white man's Republican party in the South. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/murdock-m--mcleod--hinds-count">M. M. McLEOD</a>, Attorney-at-law, a large property owner in the city, and one of the most competent, honorable and reliable colored men in the State, says: "I am decidedly in favor of the road and would vote for it to-day, and pull off my coat and work for it as hard as I could. I am surprised to know that so much attention was paid to what Gen. McKee said; it was nothing but a bluff; no man could deliver the colored vote of this city. This is not the time to settle political matters - they will settle themselves in the course of time; the best people in the community don't want any more elections like the one we had last January - they do the city harm." 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 Clarion-Ledger clipping Subject The topic of the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/murdock-m--mcleod--hinds-count">McLeod, Murdock M.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Clarion-Ledger Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1890-07-05 mcleod railroads https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/0ff6c8e0c6d2677ab31cb9be9b03a508.PNG d1283659b5f16e5d6f32d313749b8c58 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 Session acts of 1870, page 316. "An Act to incorporate the Memphis and Vicksburg Railroad Company." Legislators by name made granters of the franchise or public property, among them <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/thomas-w--stringer--warren-cou">T. W. Stringer</a>, Senator from Warren. Page 372. "An Act to incorporate the Vicksburg Ferry Company," four in number, among them <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/thomas-w--stringer--warren-cou">T. W. Stringer</a>, A. Mygatt, and <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/albert-johnson--warren-county-">Albert Johnson</a>, two Senators and one member. Page 417. "An Act to incorporate the Vicksburg and National Cemetery Turnpike Company." - Among the corporators by name are A. Mygatt, C. D. Landon, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/albert-johnson--warren-county-">Albert Johnson</a>, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/charles-p--head--warren-county">Charles P. Head</a>, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/peter-barnabus-barrow--warren-">Peter Barrow</a>, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/thomas-w--stringer--warren-cou">Thomas W. Stringer</a>: two Senators and four members. Page 431. "An Act to incorporate the Mississippi Loan and Savings Institution of Vicksburg." Seven persons. Among them <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/thomas-w--stringer--warren-cou">Thos. W. Stringer</a>. Page 550. "An Act to incorporate the Colored Citizens Packet Company, and for other purposes." Seven corporators or grantees. Among them <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/thomas-w--stringer--warren-cou">T. W. Stringer</a>, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/albert-johnson--warren-county-">Albert Johnson</a>. Look, people of Mississippi, into the acts of your attorneys, agents, servants and trustees. These grants by agents, trustees, servants and attorneys to themselves are inventions. The Constitution designs to keep the Legislative, and Executive departments, and the Judiciary, separate and distinct, each a check on the other. But Legislators monopolize offices and grants of public property and franchises. The end is not far off. Party is gone. CATO. 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 Clarion-Ledger clipping Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Clarion-Ledger Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1870-11-10 Subject The topic of the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/albert-johnson--warren-county-">Johnson, Albert, active 1863-1873</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/thomas-w--stringer--warren-cou">Stringer, Thomas W., 1815-1893</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/charles-p--head--warren-county">Head, Charles P.</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/peter-barnabus-barrow--warren-">Barrow, Peter Barnabus, 1841-1906</a>; Railroads albert johnson barrow head railroads stringer https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/5ed71cff9d2b64e035f072578d5ed8ba.PNG 8e68d20b899ec3c64f3bae5cf206d49f 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 Natchez and Jackson Railroad A very full meeting of the incorporators of this important enterprise, in which this community is so much interested, was held at Natchez on the 15th inst. Delegates were present from Adams and Jefferson counties. Stirring addresses were made by Dr. A. T. Bowie, Hon. O. C. French, Hon. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/john-roy-lynch--adams-county-">J. R. Lynch</a>, S. L. Guice, Mayor Weldom, Thomas Reed, D. L. Rivers, Dr. John W. Young, General W. T. Martin, Hon. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/merrimon-howard--jefferson-cou">Merriman Howard</a>, and others, all of whom spoke earnestly in favor of the road, while some demonstrated its immediate practicability. The co-operation of the Boards of Supervisors of Jefferson and Adams counties was officially and liberally pledged. The following was adopted: REPORT OF COMMITTEE. The Committee appointed to report upon the points at which books shall be opened for subscription of stock to the Natchez and Jackson Railroad Company, and the names of the persons who shall be appointed to open said books, beg leave to report that the books should be opened at Natchez under the supervision of Geo. W. Koontz, John Fleming, Richard Sullivan, John H. Weldon, Gerard Brandon. At Fayette - Wm. L. Harper, Meyer Eiseman, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/merrimon-howard--jefferson-cou">Merriman Howard</a>, Wm. G. Millsaps, James Archer. At Jackson - Joshua Green, Wm. H. Furnis, C. E. Hooker, Dr. Wm. M. Compton, J. L. Power. At Port Gibson - Col. D. L. Patterson, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/matthew-t--newsom--claiborne-c">M. T. Newsom</a>, Dr. E. R. Buck, J. J. Person, John R. Davis. 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 Semi-Weekly Clarion clipping Subject The topic of the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/john-roy-lynch--adams-county-">Lynch, John Roy, 1847-1939</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/merrimon-howard--jefferson-cou">Howard, Merrimon</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/matthew-t--newsom--claiborne-c">Newsom, M. T. (Matthew T.)</a>; Railroads Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Semi-Weekly Clarion Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1870-09-23 jr lynch m howard newsom railroads https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/24d8dc5c18c581a71361b639733a3f74.PNG b052e2fdfc4f678c1137e467f418fb90 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 THE COLORED MEMBERS SPEAK. They Resent the Article of the Carroll Watchman. By request, we publish the remarks made by several of the colored members of the House in reply to the Carroll Watchman. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/murdock-m--mcleod--hinds-count">McLeod</a>, of Hinds, arose to a question of privilege, and said in substance, after reading the article in the Carroll Watchman to the House: MR. SPEAKER - Without consultation with any other member of the negro delegation in the House, I most emphatically and directly deny that any part thereof is true so far as I am concerned, I opposed supervision because, NOW is not the time to supervise railroads in the State; we have in fact nothing to supervise, and I make the prediction, that if the Commission created by this bill ever goes into operation, they will begin with less of a "stock in trade" to supervise than any Commission of that kind ever created. Speaking to the charge of the solidity of the colored vote in the House on the railroad and cognate questions, I say, that the colored members have on every occasion cast their vote solidly with the liberal element of the majority party, and placed themselves in allignment with those who voted to advance the material interests of our State, and that in so doing, they have laid aside all partisan bias or fealty, and it is unfair, unjust and cowardly for those who claim superiority and have every advantage of the negro, to write or speak such slanders against their characters or motives, simply because they have sense enough to see and act unitedly upon public questions. [...] <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/william-h--allen--coahoma-coun">Allen</a>, of Coahoma, said: MR. SPEAKER AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE - I rise, sir, to speak as one of the negro members to deny the charge made against us of being corrupted in our vote against the Railroad Supervision bill. I voted against it for the reasons I shall now give. I don't believe it right to invite capital to our State, and then supervise it; I don't believe it right to place a number of men over the affairs of a corporation like a railroad - who know less about the management of it than the railroad companies themselves. The charge of corruption against us is untrue, and I denounce it as such. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/josiah-thomas-settle--panola-c">Settle</a>, of Panola, said: MR. SPEAKER - I desire to characterize the article as unjust, slanderous and false; that all the colored members did not vote against supervision, as the records will show, and in as much as the charge is "false in UNO" it is fair to presume that it is "false in OMNIBUS." <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/samuel-w--lewis--madison-count">Lewis</a> of Madison said: MR. SPEAKER - I do not rise in my place sir, to apologize for the vote I cast against the Railroad Supervision bill. I feel sir, that if it was necessary for me to apologize for the vote I cast against that particular measure, the time is not now, the place is not here. I rise sir, to resent an imputation of the foulest character against the colored members of this House, especially, so far as that imputation reflects on myself. The defamatory article just read by the gentleman from Hinds, from the columns of the Watchman, published in Vaiden, Miss., causes me to rise in my place and enter an emphatic protest against it; and I do so, sir, because it is unjust, malicious and untrue. I character it sir, as a wanton and gratuitous assault upon us, and I repel it with feelings indignant of submission. 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 State Ledger clipping Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource State Ledger Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1884-03-14 Subject The topic of the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/murdock-m--mcleod--hinds-count">McLeod, Murdock M., -1895</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/william-h--allen--coahoma-coun">Allen, William H., 1851-</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/josiah-thomas-settle--panola-c">Settle, Josiah Thomas, 1850-1915</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/samuel-w--lewis--madison-count">Lewis, Samuel W., active 1879-1888</a>; Railroads allen lewis mcleod railroads settle speeches