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Newsprint illustration?

Pleasant Grove Presbyterian wedding 1911; an illustration for the Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church, a.k.a. Beechfork Presbyterian Church?

Maryland Puzzle

"Desperate Conflict in a Barn": 1872 illustration from William Still's The Underground Railroad, depicting a 1853 altercation in "Terrytown, Md.". Having departed from Harper's Ferry, Virginia (big map): "After traveling upwards of two days and over sixty miles, we found ourselves unexpectedly in Terrytown, Md." (UGRR p. 49).

The Unexpected Lead

An "Underground Railroad" surfaces in 1912.

Say more with a Cartoon

Cartoon depicts a stampede of emigrants from San Francisco preparing to colonize the Territory of Hawaii. Pacific Commercial Advertiser, 19 December 1909.

Legacy of the Thirteenth Amendment

• 1861: The Corwin Amendment: The Thirteenth Amendment that never quite made it. Daily Nashville patriot, April 09, 1861.
• 1865: Thirteenth Amendment passes Congress under Lincoln administration and is declared ratified under Johnson administration.
• 1867–7: Bills to enforce Thirteenth Amendment against resistance, e.g., in Maryland. The Montana post, January 12, 1867
• 1867: Maryland Negro Apprentice Law contested on 13th A grounds. Raftsman's journal, October 23, 1867
• 1880: Can Democrat politicians be trusted to uphold the Reconstruction Amendments? The Arizona sentinel, September 04, 1880; p.2.
• 1883: Civil Rights Cases: U.S. Supreme Court overrules Civil Rights Act of 1875 which guaranteed equal treatment in public accommodations, transportation, and jury service. Democratic Northwest., October 25, 1883.
• 1900: Slavery in the occupied Philippines: is it Constitutional? Valentine Democrat, September 20, 1900
• 1905: Appeals court rules—and Paducah Sun concurs—that the Thirteenth Amendment authorizes slavery as punishment for misdemeanors. Paducah Sun, 21 April 1905.
• 1906: Tennessee lawyer challenges constitutionality of Thirteenth Amendment; says it was never properly ratified and thus further amendments do not apply to negroes. Dakota farmers' leader, November 02, 1906.
• 1909: Does the Thirteenth Amendment protect women? One lawyer seeks divorce on grounds of involuntary servitude. Daily Arizona silver belt., February 07, 1909.