http://usnewsmap.com

I did a search for "haunted" and found a hit in a 1903 newspaper, someone wrote a poem. On the same page was a man who was shot, for either having low morals of sleeping with a black woman, or being involved in a gambling ring.

I then did a search for "negro" and found an article in an 1864 charlotte paper whipping up fear of the North by implying the Dutch and Niggers and "foreigners of the meanest type" were taking over the armies.

Also in 1896, NC A&T (then A&M) had some infighting between the faculty and college president about the school not having enough resources, with the commissioner of agriculture having the support of many "prominent negroes".

Round trip ticket from charlotte to New Orleans for Mardi gras was $24


This is a good read, from 1868:
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042146/1868-05-16/ed-1/seq-3/



[Edited on March 8, 2016 at 2:11 AM. Reason : ]

3/8/2016 1:53:27 AM

There's some old-time jokes, here:
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87070095/1870-08-17/ed-1/seq-4/

I don't get this one though:

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"The Comanche Indians don't like the negro troops deployed to the Texas frontier. It's too much trouble to scalp them."

Just in case anyone doubts what the confederate flag stands for:

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" Greensboro August 10, 1870: Editor Standard : The Kuklux Confederates had a gay time here, after hearing of the success of their party. It was reported in the streets, (but I cannot vouch for the fact,) that "Greasy Frank," commonly known as "Crazy Frank," was carrying a Confederate flag, singing " O. I'll get my niggers back," when a son of Ham took the flag away from him. and told him it was against the Constitution and the fifteenth amendment to act in that way. "Greasy Frank " went on his way rejoicing, " Oh, ho, ha ! I'll get my niggers back." It was told to me as a fact, that he actually ordered his former servants to return home on the day after the election. Dr. Grissom must get a place ready for him."

Some old recipes and info on how the Democrats were viewed in 1869:
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87070095/1869-08-25/ed-1/seq-1/

[Edited on March 8, 2016 at 2:51 AM. Reason : ]

3/8/2016 2:36:05 AM

^ that joke about scalping (removing the scalp) is so easy to get....

3/8/2016 6:43:18 AM

Oldspapers

3/8/2016 3:37:46 PM

^^^ Not trying to start nothing here, but I'm not sure that thing about the flag means what you think it means. First, you'd need to know what flag he was actually carrying (might not have been what we now call a "Confederate flag"). Second, it's only 5 years after the war, so it's only natural that the flag is representing the Confederate cause; the article depicts an open display of defiance against the US by someone who probably fought under that very flag. That's a bit different than trying to divine what the flag means to people today, 150 years later. That's not to say your overall claim of its meaning today is wrong, just that this example is a poor way to show it.

3/9/2016 1:28:41 AM

*apologist alert*

3/9/2016 1:42:47 AM

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" That's not to say your overall claim of its meaning today is wrong, just that this example is a poor way to show it. "

I picked it because of references to the Klan... this is when the Klan started to organize, and this is the mentality they organized under. We already know anyway the "stars and bars" was raised by the Klan and anti-segregation forces in the 1950s and 60s, the point is this traces back to these early years.

I read another article, from an earlier date, describing the attitudes of people towards reconstruction. Basically, the soldiers who fought were the most likely to want a smooth reconstruction "first to fight, first to peace" was the phrase used. It was reported that it was people not involved with fighting that were most passionate about fighting reconstruction. There was even a very early report, in 1865, of the "Freed" (the political correct term for a freed slave-- as opposed to negro etc) going to school with white children (not gov. run school, seemed like some type of NGO), which was supposed to cost 5cents per week which the Freed couldn't afford obviously, but the teachers were too kind to enforce this fee, they taught the kids anyway.

It really seems in the early years, there was a lot of support in the south for integrating the Freed, I didn't read enough to see what went wrong though. It's fascinating to think that perhaps if there were more adept politicians-- maybe if Lincoln wasn't assassinated, race relations in America could be completely different.

3/9/2016 2:05:59 AM

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"We already know anyway the "stars and bars" was raised by the Klan and anti-segregation forces in the 1950s and 60s, the point is this traces back to these early years."

1. go back further than the 1950s.

2. The "stars & bars" is not the flag you think it is, its not the battle flag, its the first flag of the confederacy. The flag that a lot of people think of as "stars and bars" is actually the battle flag.
This is the (first) flag of the confederacy, aka "Stars and Bars"

3/9/2016 7:36:30 AM