Street Car Difficulty

Item Info

Title:
Street Car Difficulty
Date:
August 8, 1872
Description:

  • Two-paged newspaper article with text from the trial of U.S. v. William C. Godfrey, who was charged with violating the Civil Rights Bill of 1866 when he ejected a black man from a "white" streetcar. Case details the condition of streetcar services in Savannah for blacks and whites. Godfrey was declared a ruffian but released.

  • Folder: GA3

Location:
Subject:
Format:
clippings (information artifacts)
Language:
English
Extent:
2 scans
Digital Collection:
Broadsides and Ephemera Collection
Rights:
Free Re-Use
No Copyright - United States
Identifier:
  • 001845527
  • duke:466871
  • bdsga30375
  • ark:/87924/r4jw88t41
  • 920dfa9b-adfa-44cc-bbcf-3510256438a0
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