1901 | Time Table
1901 | Pamphlet
Meant as a primer for African American voters, this short volume includes a brief interview with William Jennings Bryan, followed by a comment on Jim Crow cars.
1901 | Book
In this excerpt from Charles Chesnutt's novel, the African American doctor protagonist faces the reality of segregation on Southern railroads.
1901 | Time Table
August 4, 1900 | Newspaper
The restrictions of Jim Crow laws are tested by Virginia's Pamunkey Indians.
March 3, 1900 | Letter
On March 3, 1900, D.F. Shipre of Quickville, Kansas writes to George P. Cather about the possibility of buying or leasing the land adjoining his current property. He estimates the cost at $100-$175 per quarter section (about 160 acres).
1900 | Book
An excerpt from Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie.
1900 | Law
Virginia's separate coach law, approved in January of 1900 and enacted July 1900.
1899 | Book
An excerpt from Kate Chopin's The Awakening.
1899 | Timetable
December 18, 1898 | Newspaper
North Carolina plans for Jim Crow cars draw attention.
1898 | Time Table
1898 | Map
This map from the 1898 Statistical Atlas of the United States depicts the entire United States railroad system in 1890. The accompanying table charts the increase in railroad mileage from 1830 to 1890.
1898 | Timetable
1898 | Time Table
1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
November 2, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
November 2, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
November 2, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
November 2, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.