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  • | Speech

    Indianapolis, IN Speech 2, 1896-10-06

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Indianapolis, IN Speech 1, 1896-10-06

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Book

    Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

    In these excerpts from her memoir, Harriet Jacobs writes of the segregation and prejudice she faced in the North almost immediately after escaping from slavery.

  • | Newspaper

    In The First-Class Car

    The plight of three African American passengers on a Georgia railcar is recounted in this reprint from the Macon Telegraph.

  • | Illustration

    In The Beginning

  • | Speech

    Huron, SD Speech, 1896-10-09

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Huntington, WV Speech, 1896-10-02

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Hornellsville, NY Speech, 1896-08-28

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • Homestead Act

    In this report of the Agricultural Committee to the House of Representatives, the importance of European immigration into the American West for the continued prosperity and growth of the nation is emphasized in a call for the establishment of an Emigration Bureau. Note the emphasis on the need for internal improvements (including the railroad) to facilitate the mobility of immigrants and agricultural products.

  • | Letter

    History of the Strike

    William F. Merrill forwards two reports about strike workers and violence to Paul Morton, General Freight Agent for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; the reports were compiled by Superintendant Crance of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Company and Kohl, Superintendant of the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad Company.

  • | Speech

    Henderson, KY Speech, 1896-09-14

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Newspaper

    Hayes' July 21 Proclamation: A Manifesto Against Domestic Violence

    On July 21, 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes issued a proclamation ordering all strikers to disperse and return home. He noted that a state of "domestic violence" existed in Cumberland, Maryland, and "along the line" of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

  • | Speech

    Hastings, NE Speech, 1896-11-02

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Harvard, NE Speech, 1896-11-02

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Hartford, CT Speech 1, 1896-09-24

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Harper's Ferry, WV Speech, 1896-09-30

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Hancock, MD Speech, 1896-09-30

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Hammond, IN Speech, 1896-10-07

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Letter

    H. B. Stone and G. W. Holdredge Correspondence, 1889

    Following the strike of 1888, railroad officials were careful to avoid hiring union members and employees who had "behaved badly" during the 45-day strike. In this exchange, G. W. Holdredge, General Manager of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad and H. B. Stone, Vice President of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Company, work to clarify the status of workers who may or may not be eligible for re-hire. Railroad companies made an effort to keep agitators and violent strikers from reentering the railroad workforce.

  • | Speech

    Gretna, NE Speech, 1896-11-02

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.