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Editorial
August 7, 1876
Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
Editorial criticizes radicals for deploying Federal soldiers in the South to protect Black voters favoring conservatives from majority Black vengeance, citing a colored preacher's card in Richwood as evidence of this fear.
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Among all the reasons the radicals assign for pelleting Federal soldiers upon the South, they never mention the only one that is of any force, and that is that they may protect negroes who desire to vote the conservative ticket. It is a notorious fact throughout the South that negroes are prevented from voting as they wish by the dread they have of the vengeance of the majority of their race. The card of the colored preacher elsewhere in to-day's Gazette shows what effect this dread has in Richwood.
What sub-type of article is it?
Suffrage
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Negro Voting
Radical Motives
Southern Politics
Federal Soldiers
Racial Vengeance
What entities or persons were involved?
Radicals
Federal Soldiers
Negroes
Colored Preacher
Richwood
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Protection Of Conservative Voting Negroes From Racial Vengeance
Stance / Tone
Critical Of Radicals, Supportive Of Conservative Voting Rights
Key Figures
Radicals
Federal Soldiers
Negroes
Colored Preacher
Richwood
Key Arguments
Radicals' Stated Reasons For Sending Soldiers To South Lack Force
True Purpose Is To Protect Negroes Voting Conservative
Negroes Fear Vengeance From Majority Of Their Race
Preacher's Card Illustrates This Dread In Richwood