"Civil Rights in Alabama."
File Name
Q24122 - Q24131
Item Title
"Civil Rights in Alabama. "
Description
In this message to the United States House of Representatives , President Ulysses S . Grant presents a statement he received from a group of African Americans in Montgomery , Alabama , who had assembled to discuss the "grave and menacing dangers that now surround and threaten them and their constitutional rights. " In their statement , the convention members describe the ways in which their political and civil rights have been ignored in Alabama . They then suggest amendments to recently enacted civil rights legislation because "It is absolutely essential to our protection...that the laws of the United States shall be so enforced as to compel respect for and obedience to them. " In closing , the group addresses the possibility of leaving Alabama altogether : "We have no reason to expect from our political opponents , now dominant in this State , the exercise of justice , mercy , or wise policy . Not recognizing the value of our labor , their leaders declare our presence as a curse to the State , and profess to look with pleasure upon our exodus from the State . The solemn question with us is , Shall we be compelled to repeat the history of the Israelites and go into exile from the land of our nativity and our homes , to seek new homes and fields of enterprise , beyond the reign and rule of Pharaoh? "
Date
1874
Sort Date
1874
Time Period
1870-1879
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama Alabama--Politics and government--1865-1950 Alabama--Race relations Freedmen--Alabama Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Alabama United States--Politics and government--1865-1933 Voting--Alabama
Original Format
Pamphlets
Collection Creator
United States. President (1869-1877 : Grant)
Collection Title
Civil rights in Alabama : message from the President of the United States, transmitting a memorial of a convention of colored citizens assembled in the city of Montgomery, Ala., on December 2, 1874
Location
Vertical File Pamphlet Collection , Box 64 , Item 13
Catalog Record
http://archives-alabama-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01ALABAMA:default_scope:01ALABAMA_ALMA215591480002743
Old Catalog Number
v34847
Repository
Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130
Language
English
Rights
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Digital Format
600 PPI TIFF
Project Name
Alabama History Education Initiative
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Malone (text) 2010.05-C
Date created
2010-07-15
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