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Author Carter, Jennie, 1830 or 1831-1881.

Title Jennie Carter : a Black journalist of the early West / edited by Eric Gardner
Edition 1st ed
Published Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxxiii, 153 pages)
Series Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies
Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
Contents Always Faithful: An Introduction to the Work and Life of Jennie Carter; Contributions to the Elevator; Appendix A: Contributions to the Christian Recorder; Appendix B: Issues of the Elevator Consulted; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Summary In June 1867, the San Francisco Elevator -one of the nation\'s premier black weekly newspapers during Reconstruction-began publishing articles by a Californian calling herself \"Ann J. Trask\" and later \"Semper Fidelis.\" Her name was Jennie Carter (1830-1881), and the Elevator would print her essays, columns, and poems for seven years. Carter probably spent her early life in New Orleans, New York, and Wisconsin, but by the time she wrote her \"Always Faithful\" columns for the newspaper, she was in Nevada County, California. Her work considers California and nat
Notes Consists mainly of Carter's contributions to the San Francisco Elevator and the Philadelphia-based Christian recorder, from 1867 to 1881
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-144) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Carter, Jennie, 1830 or 1831-1881 -- Correspondence
SUBJECT Carter, Jennie, 1830 or 1831-1881 fast
Subject African Americans -- California -- Social conditions -- 19th century
African Americans -- West (U.S.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
African American women journalists -- California -- Nevada County -- Correspondence
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
African American women journalists
African Americans -- Social conditions
Politics and government
Race relations
Social conditions
SUBJECT West (U.S.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
West (U.S.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
California -- Politics and government -- 1850-1950. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018889
United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1877. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140443
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
Nevada County (Calif.) -- Biography
Subject California
California -- Nevada County
United States
West United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Personal correspondence
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Gardner, Eric.
ISBN 9781604733136
1604733136
OTHER TI Elevator (San Francisco, Calif.)
Christian recorder