Tag: Athens Historic Newspapers Archive

  • “Miscegenation” at the North. The Southern Banner, Athens, Georgia 1864-04-20 Page 4, column 2 Source: Athens Historic Newspapers Archive (Digital Library of Georgia as part of Georgia HomePLACE) “Miscegenation“—the new term for amalgamation, is the last and newest phase of abolitionism at the North—openly and unblushtngly avowed, and preached even from the pulpit. The New…

  • Miscegenation Banner-Watchman, Athens, Georgia 1884-02-26 page 2, column 1 Source: Athens Historic Newspapers Archive (Digital Library of Georgia as part of Georgia HomePLACE) The New York World, in a recent article upon the marriage of Fred Douglass [to Helen Pits], has this to say upon the subject of miscegenation: “What offense does a lady commit…