October 6, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
October 6, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
1861 | Book
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.
September 10, 1886 | Newspaper
The plight of three African American passengers on a Georgia railcar is recounted in this reprint from the Macon Telegraph.
1859 | Illustration
October 9, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
October 2, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
August 29, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
February 14, 1863
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.
June 23, 1888 | Letter
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.
September 14, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
July 21, 1877 | Newspaper
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.
November 2, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
November 2, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
September 24, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
September 30, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
September 30, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
October 7, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
March 13, 1889 | Letter
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.
November 2, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.