FYSE 1419 Civil War & Civil Rights

Part of Archive of Americana.  Includes Early American Newspapers, Series 1-3, 1690-1922.

Includes: A Newspaper perspective (Charleston Mercury, New York Herald, Richmond Enquirer); The Soldier's perspective; The Generals' perspective, and A Midwestern perspective

Full-text newspapers articles from: Canadian observer, Christian recorder, Colored American, Douglass monthly, Frederick Douglass paper, Freedom’s journal, Freedmen’s record and Freedmen’s journal, National era, Negro Business League Herald, North Star, Provincial Freeman, Weekly advocate

This collection is a mixture of issues and papers from Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and Alabama ranging from 1861-1865.

Published 1840-1870 and using the motto "Without Concealment?Without Compromise", National Anti-Slavery Standard was the official weekly newspaper of the American Anti-Slavery Society, founded in 1833 by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan. The society sought to extend the rights of slaves across the country and implied not only suffrage rights for colored males, but also advocated suffrage for women. With perhaps the exception of William Lloyd Garrison's The Liberator, also published by the Society, the Standard was the most influential voice for abolition leading up to the Civil War.

More than 170 wide-ranging periodicals by and about African Americans. Published in 26 states, the publications include academic and political journals, commercial magazines, institutional newsletters, organizations bulletins, annual reports and other genres.

Contains regimental histories and personal narratives. These first-person accounts, compiled in the postwar period and early 20th Century period, chronicle the highs and lows of army life from 1861 through 1865.