Tag: Valley Spirit

  • Making The Application Valley Spirit Franklin County, Virginia 1867-10-02 page 1, column 8 Source: Valley of the Shadow: Civil War Era Newspapers, University of Virginia Library Relates a ficticious story about a conversation between two white men, one Republican the other Democrat, in which the consequences of black suffrage are discussed. Several days ago a…

  • A Sad Case Of Miscegenation Valley Spirit (source: Pittsburgh Post) Franklin County, Virginia 1867-02-06 page 1, column 8 Source: Valley of the Shadow: Civil War Era Newspapers, University of Virginia Library The piece relates the story of a woman, who, after consenting to marry a returning white Union officer, had an affair with a black…