"S" Index to African American Newspaper Articles
Grand Rapids Public Library, 1830-1935
Main Entry |
Ethnic |
Name |
Title |
Source |
News Date |
Date |
Year |
Vol |
Page |
Saginaw Teamsters |
AA |
n |
Against hiring outsiders |
GREP |
1899-06-10 |
06-10 |
1899 |
6 |
306 |
Saginaw, MI |
AA |
n |
Hiring of farmers, city contract to hire city laborers |
GREP |
1899-06-10 |
06-10 |
1899 |
6 |
306 |
Saginaw, MI |
AA |
n |
Emancipation Celebration - Saginaw & Bay City, MI |
GRDE |
1873-08-05 |
08-05 |
1873 |
2 |
130 |
Salem, ILL |
AA |
n |
Colored girls and train incident |
GRDE |
1873-07-12 |
07-12 |
1873 |
2 |
128 |
Saline, MI |
AA |
n |
Colored man owns sawmill assaulted |
DA&T |
1869-06-24 |
06-24 |
1869 |
2 |
047 |
Sample, Judge George |
AA |
y |
Wrote Klan letter to Judge George Sample while drugged |
GRH |
1923-10-06 |
10-06 |
1923 |
9 |
151 |
Sanders, George |
AA |
y |
Colored settlement, Burt Twp., Cheboygan Co., MI |
CD |
1885-04-16 |
04-16 |
1885 |
4 |
013 |
Sanders, William |
AA |
y |
Assaulted and robbed by 4 white men |
GRP |
1922-08-30 |
08-30 |
1922 |
9 |
068 |
Sandford, John F. A. |
AA |
y |
Advertisement - sale of Supreme Court decision |
CHDT |
1857-05-25 |
05-25 |
1857 |
1 |
069 |
Sanford, Perry |
AA |
y |
Last survivor of attempted capture of fugitive slave in 1848 |
GRPT |
1904-07-21 |
07-21 |
1904 |
7 |
120 |
Sankey, Rev. |
AA |
y |
A Colored Preacher |
GRSEP |
1877-03-17 |
03-17 |
1877 |
3 |
012 |
Saulsbury, James |
AA |
y |
Assaults man |
GRE |
1885-01-31 |
01-31 |
1885 |
4 |
005 |
Saulsbury, L. K. |
AA |
y |
Fight in county clerk's office |
GREL |
1891-05-28 |
05-28 |
1891 |
5 |
143 |
Sault Ste. Marie, MI |
AA |
n |
Rev. Robt Wallace, evangelist, marries Rachel E. Ross |
GRTH |
1891-12-29 |
12-29 |
1891 |
5 |
257 |
Saunders, Susan |
AA |
y |
Colored resident dies at Ottawa Co. Infirmary |
GHDT |
1926-07-02 |
07-02 |
1926 |
9 |
243 |
Scholte, Rev. Mr. |
AA |
y |
Slave democracy speech |
GRE |
1856-09-06 |
09-06 |
1856 |
1 |
046 |
Scott, Dan |
AA |
y |
Arrested for living in house of ill repute |
GREL |
1892-02-15 |
02-15 |
1892 |
5 |
279 |
Scott, Dred |
AA |
n |
Dred Scott decision |
GRE |
1857-06-01 |
06-01 |
1857 |
1 |
072 |
Scott, Dred |
AA |
y |
Advertisement - sale of Supreme Court decision |
CHDT |
1857-05-25 |
05-25 |
1857 |
1 |
069 |
Scott, Dred |
AA |
n |
Republican Party - Ottawa Co., MI resolutions |
DE&H |
1858-02-28 |
02-28 |
1858 |
1 |
084 |
Scott, Herman |
AA |
y |
Shot and killed Ike Kersey in Kalamazoo |
GHDT |
1904-07-26 |
07-26 |
1904 |
7 |
121 |
Scott, Herman |
AA |
y |
Sentenced in death of Ike Kersey |
GHDT |
1904-10-06 |
10-06 |
1904 |
7 |
126 |
Scott, John L. |
AA |
y |
Arrested for vagrancy |
GHDT |
1904-11-02 |
11-02 |
1904 |
7 |
133 |
Scott, Lewis |
AA |
y |
Colored man shoots paramour, commits suicide |
GREL |
1890-12-12 |
12-12 |
1890 |
5 |
103 |
Scott, M. E. |
AA |
y |
Arrested at crap game |
GRD |
1896-11-15 |
11-15 |
1896 |
6 |
169 |
Seattle, WA |
AA |
n |
Riot between white and colored miners near Seattle, WA |
GREL |
1891-07-01 |
07-01 |
1891 |
5 |
161 |
Second Methodist Church |
AA |
n |
Freeman's Aid and Educational Society |
GRH |
1897-11-15 |
11-15 |
1897 |
6 |
259 |
Sergent, Mrs. Ruth |
AA |
y |
Urges separate schools for colored and white, Grand Rapids |
GRP |
1920-10-23 |
10-23 |
1920 |
8 |
147 |
Serpell, Charles |
AA |
y |
Murderer jailed and lynched |
GREL |
1892-05-31 |
05-31 |
1892 |
5 |
341 |
Shafer, Dell |
AA |
y |
On trial for assault and battery |
GRH |
1893-03-01 |
03-01 |
1893 |
6 |
025 |
Shafer, Dell |
AA |
y |
Arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct |
GRH |
1894-06-18 |
06-18 |
1894 |
6 |
086 |
Shafer, Dell |
AA |
y |
Arrested for robbery of James Davis(a.k.a. Ella Green) |
GRD |
1896-09-19 |
09-19 |
1896 |
6 |
159 |
Shafer, Dell |
AA |
y |
Trial on keeping disorderly house |
GRD |
1897-10-02 |
10-02 |
1897 |
6 |
247 |
Shafer, Dell |
AA |
y |
Charged with robbery |
GRH |
1896-10-07 |
10-07 |
1896 |
6 |
163 |
Shellbine, Richard |
AA |
y |
Assaults white man for attentions to his daughter |
GRE |
1891-08-28 |
08-28 |
1891 |
5 |
207 |
Sherburne, Gen. John H. |
AA |
y |
Resigns from '40 et 8', it prohibits negro vet membership |
GRH |
1928-02-23 |
02-23 |
1928 |
9 |
268 |
Sherman, General |
AA |
y |
Must have constitutional rights for negroes |
GRTH |
1889-09-27 |
09-27 |
1889 |
4 |
243 |
Sherman, General |
AA |
y |
Negroes have rights which must be secured to them |
PR |
1889-10-02 |
10-02 |
1889 |
4 |
246 |
Sherman, General |
AA |
y |
Explains reasons for 15th Amendment |
GRTH |
1890-03-15 |
03-15 |
1890 |
5 |
040 |
Sherman, John |
AA |
y |
Assaulted by Ike Kearsey |
GRTH |
1891-08-17 |
08-17 |
1891 |
5 |
196 |
Sherman, Mary A. |
AA |
y |
White man jailed against colored girl |
AJ |
1869-06-21 |
06-21 |
1869 |
2 |
046 |
Sherman, TX |
AA |
n |
Assaulted family near death, posse seeking him, Texas |
GRH |
1892-03-05 |
03-05 |
1892 |
5 |
290 |
Shields, Bill |
AA |
y |
pleaded guilty to being paralyzed |
GREL |
1891-08-21 |
08-21 |
1891 |
5 |
198 |
Shurtleff, C. W. |
AA |
y |
Sec'y of Oberlin College, Ohio - education for negroes |
GRDD |
1890-10-21 |
10-21 |
1890 |
5 |
083 |
Simmons Hall |
AA |
n |
White citizens invited to Emancipation celebration |
GREL |
1892-07-25 |
07-25 |
1892 |
5 |
368 |
Simmons, Hilliard |
AA |
y |
Colored man assaults policeman |
MDC |
1882-09-28 |
09-28 |
1882 |
3 |
162 |
Sing, Quong |
CH |
y |
Sold restaurant in Ionia returns to Grand Rapids |
GREP |
1901-09-27 |
09-27 |
1901 |
7 |
063 |
Sisco, Elmer |
AA |
y |
Shot while robbing turkeys |
GRH |
1893-10-22 |
10-22 |
1893 |
6 |
056 |
Skidmore, Sarah H. |
AA |
y |
Sentenced for assault on Mrs. Sarah H. Skidmore |
GRE |
1890-06-24 |
06-24 |
1890 |
5 |
060 |
Slater Fund |
AA |
n |
Address on helping the Negro to stand on his own feet |
GRD |
1891-05-31 |
05-31 |
1891 |
5 |
146 |
Slaughter, Hazel |
AA |
y |
Stole money from Fred Deacon |
GREP |
1893-02-23 |
02-23 |
1893 |
6 |
024 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Article on Advance in the Price of Slaves |
GRE |
1859-03-31 |
03-31 |
1859 |
1 |
114 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Abolition |
GRWEN |
1862-06-25 |
06-25 |
1862 |
1 |
149 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Arming Slaves in the South |
DA&T |
1863-09-19 |
09-19 |
1863 |
1 |
175 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Who abolished slavery |
GREL |
1881-01-06 |
01-06 |
1881 |
3 |
111 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Abolition |
GRWEN |
1862-06-25 |
06-25 |
1862 |
1 |
148 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
A Republican Marshal Playing the Slave Hunter |
DDA |
1861-04-09 |
04-09 |
1861 |
1 |
138 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Abolition |
GRWEN |
1862-06-25 |
06-25 |
1862 |
1 |
147 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Bleaching of the Colored Race |
DA&T |
1862-09-27 |
09-27 |
1862 |
1 |
152 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Remarks made by Rev. Ballard |
DEN&H |
1859-12-27 |
12-27 |
1859 |
1 |
129 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Article on efforts of League of Nations to eliminate slavery |
GRH |
1930-09-25 |
09-25 |
1930 |
9 |
302 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Lecture, "Reminiscenses of Slavery and Anti-Slavery" |
GRDE |
1873-01-29 |
01-29 |
1873 |
2 |
106 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Life as a slave in Virginia |
GRPT |
1904-06-25 |
06-25 |
1904 |
7 |
106 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Last survivor of attempted capture of fugitive slave in 1848 |
GRPT |
1904-07-21 |
07-21 |
1904 |
7 |
120 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Young colored attorney reminisces on slavery |
GRDD |
1885-12-06 |
12-06 |
1885 |
4 |
045 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Anti-Slavery movement |
GRDE |
1873-06-28 |
06-28 |
1873 |
2 |
126 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
The Pluck of Slaveholders |
GRE |
1859-10-25 |
10-25 |
1859 |
1 |
125 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
The Union of our Fathers |
GRWEN |
1862-05-14 |
05-14 |
1862 |
1 |
146 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Article on slavery |
DA&T |
1863-09-11 |
09-11 |
1863 |
1 |
169 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Remembers about the Anti-Slavery Struggle |
GRDE |
1873-01-31 |
01-31 |
1873 |
2 |
107 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Slavery by an Eye Witness |
GRE |
1859-07-25 |
07-25 |
1859 |
1 |
119 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
The Slave Trade and New England |
GREL |
1881-04-29 |
04-29 |
1881 |
3 |
118 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Remembers about the Anti-Slavery Struggle |
GRDE |
1873-01-31 |
01-31 |
1873 |
2 |
108 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Pro-slavery in Michigan |
GRE |
1863-05-01 |
05-01 |
1863 |
1 |
162 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
The Extension of Slavery |
GRDEN |
1856-03-19 |
03-19 |
1856 |
1 |
042 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Poem, "Sisters and Slavery" |
CHDT |
1853-03-07 |
03-07 |
1853 |
1 |
027 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Poem, "Endearing Recrimination" |
CHDT |
1853-03-07 |
03-07 |
1853 |
1 |
027 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Poem, "Seasonable Interference" |
CHDT |
1853-03-07 |
03-07 |
1853 |
1 |
027 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Fugitive Slave - Underground railroad |
CHDT |
1853-04-22 |
04-22 |
1853 |
1 |
029 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
More slaves landing in Havana |
CHDT |
1853-06-20 |
06-20 |
1853 |
1 |
032 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
The Bible and Slavery |
GRDEN |
1856-01-12 |
01-12 |
1856 |
1 |
039 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Advocating a scheme of apprenticeship |
GRDE |
1865-07-11 |
07-11 |
1865 |
1 |
229 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Negro Absorption |
GRDEN |
1856-02-12 |
02-12 |
1856 |
1 |
041 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Article on Fugitive Slave Law in Iowa |
GRVE |
1851-03-28 |
03-28 |
1851 |
1 |
022 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Colored girl graduated at Battle Creek, MI |
GRSEP |
1877-07-07 |
07-07 |
1877 |
3 |
013 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Slavery is the misfortune of states … |
GRDEN |
1856-05-20 |
05-20 |
1856 |
1 |
044 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
The Powers of Congress to prohibit slavery |
GRE |
1856-06-30 |
06-30 |
1856 |
1 |
045 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Slave democracy speech |
GRE |
1856-09-06 |
09-06 |
1856 |
1 |
046 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
The New Crusade Against Labor |
GRDE |
1865-07-15 |
07-15 |
1865 |
1 |
230 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Is the Democratic Party Pro-Slavery |
GRDEN |
1856-10-05 |
10-05 |
1856 |
1 |
048 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Article on slavery |
DE&H |
1858-04-20 |
04-20 |
1858 |
1 |
088 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Aggressions of Slavery |
GRDEN |
1856-01-26 |
01-26 |
1856 |
1 |
040 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Prohibition of slavery in California |
GRVE |
1849-11-23 |
11-23 |
1849 |
1 |
012 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Southern slavery not a thing of the past - South Carolina |
PR |
1901-03-13 |
04-13 |
1901 |
7 |
039 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Chicago Anti-Slavery Society meeting |
CHDA |
1840-04-09 |
04-09 |
1840 |
1 |
004 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Article on slavery |
GRSEP |
1878-05-11 |
05-11 |
1878 |
3 |
029 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Anti-slavery paper, "The Examiner" |
GRVE |
1847-07-07 |
07-07 |
1847 |
1 |
005 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Article on Slavery |
GRVE |
1848-10-06 |
10-06 |
1848 |
1 |
006 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Article on Slavery |
GRE |
1848-12-29 |
12-29 |
1848 |
1 |
007 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Article on Slavery |
GRVE |
1849-01-19 |
01-19 |
1849 |
1 |
008 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Slave saved by railroad engineer |
GRE |
1884-11-14 |
11-14 |
1884 |
3 |
269 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Article on Slavery |
GRVE |
1849-09-14 |
09-14 |
1849 |
1 |
010 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Poem on non-dissolution of the Union |
GRVE |
1851-07-15 |
07-15 |
1851 |
1 |
023 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
First emancipator of slaves, lived in poverty |
BC |
1901-02-08 |
02-08 |
1901 |
7 |
032 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Speech by Rep. Gilbert of California |
GREQ |
1850-06-19 |
06-19 |
1850 |
1 |
016 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Law for Reclamation of Fugitive Slaves |
GRVE |
1850-09-09 |
09-09 |
1850 |
1 |
018 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Fugitive Slave Law Debate |
GREQ |
1850-12-25 |
12-25 |
1850 |
1 |
019 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Fugitive Slave Law Debate |
GREQ |
1851-01-01 |
01-01 |
1851 |
1 |
019 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Fugitive Slave Law Debate |
GREQ |
1850-12-25 |
12-25 |
1850 |
1 |
019 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Article on extension of slavery |
GRE |
1856-11-18 |
11-18 |
1856 |
1 |
049 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Emancipation Convention article |
GRVE |
1849-06-22 |
06-22 |
1849 |
1 |
009 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Ex-slave recounts days as slave, Boyne City, MI |
GRH |
1929-08-16 |
08-16 |
1929 |
9 |
286 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Wendell Phillips behind anti-slavery |
GREL |
1884-02-06 |
02-06 |
1884 |
3 |
218 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Attempts to keep Kansas out of the Union |
DE&H |
1858-04-18 |
04-18 |
1858 |
1 |
087 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Lecture, "Reminiscenses of Slavery and Anti-Slavery" |
GRDE |
1873-01-27 |
01-27 |
1873 |
2 |
105 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Article on slavery |
DE&H |
1858-04-21 |
04-21 |
1858 |
1 |
089 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Suppression of the African Slave Trade |
DE&H |
1858-04-30 |
04-30 |
1858 |
1 |
090 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
A Defence of the Slave Trade |
DE&H |
1858-05-12 |
05-12 |
1858 |
1 |
091 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Slaves and Bibles |
DE&H |
1858-05-20 |
05-20 |
1858 |
1 |
092 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Article on slavery |
GRE |
1857-12-15 |
12-15 |
1857 |
1 |
082 |
Slavery |
No |
n |
Article - Carriage manufacturing by prisoners |
GRE |
1858-07-11 |
07-11 |
1858 |
1 |
098 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Article on African coast slave trade |
GRDE |
1869-06-30 |
06-30 |
1869 |
2 |
050 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Excitement Among the Colored Population |
DE&H |
1858-08-07 |
08-07 |
1858 |
1 |
101 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Christian vs Political regarding Negroes |
GRDL |
1879-11-18 |
11-18 |
1879 |
3 |
090 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
An abolition church |
DE&H |
1858-09-07 |
09-07 |
1858 |
1 |
103 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Slaves and Free Labor |
GRDE |
1869-03-30 |
03-30 |
1869 |
2 |
031 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Article on slavery |
GRSEP |
1874-08-29 |
08-29 |
1874 |
2 |
158 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Castellar on Lincoln and Slavery |
GRDE |
1870-07-15 |
07-15 |
1870 |
2 |
084 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Parson Brownlow on Negro Suffrage |
GRDE |
1864-08-09 |
08-09 |
1864 |
1 |
215 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Satirist to lecture on slavery at Luce's Hall |
GRDE |
1869-05-11 |
05-11 |
1869 |
2 |
038 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
U.S. Supreme Court slavery decision |
CHDT |
1857-03-14 |
03-14 |
1857 |
1 |
063 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Freed slaves from Kentucky to Detroit, MI |
GRDEN |
1856-11-20 |
11-20 |
1856 |
1 |
052 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Condition of the African Slave Trade |
GRE |
1888-11-21 |
11-21 |
1888 |
4 |
167 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
A Southern Protest Against Slave Trade |
GRDEN |
1856-11-27 |
11-27 |
1856 |
1 |
055 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Regarding slavery in Michigan |
GREq |
1856-12-04 |
12-04 |
1856 |
1 |
056 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Fugitive slave in Newaygo |
GRE |
1891-12-03 |
12-03 |
1891 |
5 |
250 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
U.S. Supreme Court - the slavery question |
CHDT |
1857-03-11 |
03-11 |
1857 |
1 |
061 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Federal Relations Committee on Slavery |
DE&H |
1858-02-04 |
02-04 |
1858 |
1 |
083 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Slavery vs Anti-Slavery law |
MNR |
1883-11-24 |
11-24 |
1883 |
3 |
213 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Emancipation in Great Britain of Slaves, 1834 |
MNR |
1883-08-04 |
08-04 |
1883 |
3 |
189 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Slavery Nationalized |
GRE |
1857-03-16 |
03-16 |
1857 |
1 |
064 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Article - Divorce between slavery and Church |
DE&H |
1857-05-10 |
05-10 |
1857 |
1 |
067 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Grand River Association - Abolition question |
DE&H |
1857-05-23 |
05-23 |
1857 |
1 |
068 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Mormon abominations |
CHDT |
1857-06-05 |
06-05 |
1857 |
1 |
073 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Indian territory as slave state |
GRE |
1857-06-16 |
06-16 |
1857 |
1 |
074 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Article on slavery |
GRE |
1857-08-17 |
08-17 |
1857 |
1 |
078 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Article on slavery |
GRE |
1857-11-24 |
11-24 |
1857 |
1 |
080 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
Slavery in the free states |
GRE |
1857-11-27 |
11-27 |
1857 |
1 |
081 |
Slavery |
AA |
n |
U.S. Supreme Court - the slavery question |
CHDT |
1857-03-13 |
03-13 |
1857 |
1 |
062 |
Slavery (runaway "Bill") |
AA |
y |
$50 reward - runaway slave |
CHA |
1836-12-03 |
12-03 |
1836 |
1 |
003 |
Slavery (runaway "Squier") |
AA |
y |
$100 reward - runaway slave |
CHD |
1836-03-03 |
03-02 |
1836 |
1 |
002 |
Slavery (runaway "Squier") |
AA |
y |
$100 reward - runaway slave |
CHD |
1836-03-03 |
03-02 |
1836 |
1 |
001 |
Slavery (runaway"Wm Russell") |
AA |
y |
Runaway Negro found |
CHD |
1836-04-20 |
04-20 |
1836 |
1 |
002 |
Slavery (runaway) |
AA |
n |
Article on Slavery |
GRVE |
1850-08-19 |
08-19 |
1850 |
1 |
017 |
Slavery (slave "Daniel") |
AA |
y |
Court to decide on extradition to Kentucky |
GRVE |
1851-08-26 |
08-26 |
1851 |
1 |
024 |
Slavery (social) |
AA |
n |
Women slaves |
CHDT |
1853-02-26 |
02-26 |
1853 |
1 |
026 |
Slavin, Frank |
AA |
y |
Boxing fight whipped Frank Slavin |
PR |
1892-06-08 |
06-08 |
1892 |
5 |
355 |
Slavin, Frank |
AA |
y |
Slavin - Jackson boxing fight |
GREL |
1892-05-31 |
05-31 |
1892 |
5 |
343 |
Sleet, Simon |
AA |
y |
Photo of ex-slave |
GRH |
1929-08-16 |
08-16 |
1929 |
9 |
285 |
Sleet, Simon |
AA |
y |
Ex-slave recounts days as slave, Boyne City, MI |
GRH |
1929-08-16 |
08-16 |
1929 |
9 |
286 |
Sloan, Wm |
AA |
y |
Freed slaves from Kentucky to Detroit, MI |
GRDEN |
1856-11-20 |
11-20 |
1856 |
1 |
052 |
Slocum, Dr. H. W. |
AA |
y |
Doctor removed body from grave |
GRSEP |
1876-02-05 |
02-05 |
1876 |
3 |
002 |
Small, Mrs. Elizabeth |
AA |
y |
Accidentally burned to death at Bay City, MI |
GREP |
1893-02-02 |
02-02 |
1893 |
6 |
013 |
Smalls, Ex-Congressman |
AA |
y |
Former slave gives relief to master's daughter |
GRDE |
1879-03-26 |
03-26 |
1879 |
3 |
054 |
Smith, Almon |
AA |
y |
Guilty of unlawful use of automobile |
GRH |
1926-08-12 |
08-12 |
1926 |
9 |
249 |
Smith, Catherine |
AA |
y |
Arrested for attempting to steal an auto |
GRH |
1935-07-14 |
07-14 |
1935 |
9 |
323 |
Smith, Cecil |
AA |
y |
Arrested for attempting to steal an auto |
GRH |
1935-07-14 |
07-14 |
1935 |
9 |
323 |
Smith, Charles Howard |
AA |
y |
Colored driver risks life for horse |
GRH |
1915-06-27 |
06-27 |
1915 |
8 |
066 |
Smith, Connor |
AA |
y |
Colored vote in Republican county offices |
GRPT |
1904-07-15 |
07-15 |
1904 |
7 |
117 |
Smith, Ed |
AA |
y |
To be examined on charge of hitting small boy with a stone |
GRH |
1897-07-31 |
07-31 |
1897 |
6 |
226 |
Smith, George |
AA |
y |
White husband assaults colored wife |
GRDE |
1881-07-06 |
07-06 |
1881 |
3 |
130 |
Smith, Henry |
AA |
y |
Henry Smith, rapist, burned at stake, Paris, TX |
GREP |
1893-02-02 |
02-02 |
1893 |
6 |
012 |
Smith, Henry |
AA |
y |
Shot employer who died, is hanged |
GREL |
1892-03-26 |
03-26 |
1892 |
5 |
307 |
Smith, Hezekiah |
AA |
y |
Ferrysburg resident very sick |
GHET |
1895-12-19 |
12-19 |
1895 |
6 |
132 |
Smith, Hezekiah G. |
AA |
y |
Hezekiah G. Smith, 80, and Sarah Milier, 20, to wed |
GHET |
1894-07-28 |
07-28 |
1894 |
6 |
091 |
Smith, Jim |
AA |
y |
Murderer jailed and lynched |
GREL |
1892-05-31 |
05-31 |
1892 |
5 |
341 |
Smith, John |
AA |
y |
Wounded in robbery attempt, hung by mob |
GHDT |
1924-12-16 |
12-16 |
1924 |
9 |
208 |
Smith, John |
AA |
y |
Sentenced for drunkenness |
GREL |
1891-04-24 |
04-24 |
1891 |
5 |
128 |
Smith, John W. |
AA |
y |
Detroit mayor picks Inter-Racial Commission |
GRH |
1925-09-17 |
09-17 |
1925 |
9 |
224 |
Smith, Johnson |
AA |
y |
Champion wood splitter of Michigan |
RCC |
1896-02-19 |
02-19 |
1896 |
6 |
147b |
Smith, Kid |
AA |
y |
Killed by turnkey at Monroe jail |
GRE |
1891-04-29 |
04-29 |
1891 |
5 |
132 |
Smith, Lee |
AA |
y |
Shot deputy Gran Farish, lynched at Morrelton, KY |
GRH |
1922-12-10 |
12-10 |
1922 |
9 |
102 |
Smith, Mary |
AA |
y |
Pleaded guilty of keeping a disorderly house |
GRD |
1897-10-02 |
10-02 |
1897 |
6 |
247 |
Smith, Miss Jennie |
AA |
y |
A Blonde Schoolma'am of Lamont, MI weds Negro |
GRDE |
1887-12-10 |
12-10 |
1887 |
4 |
124 |
Smith, Mr. |
AA |
y |
Colored man owns sawmill assaulted |
DA&T |
1869-06-24 |
06-24 |
1869 |
2 |
047 |
Smith, Mrs. Jessie |
AA |
y |
Arrested in police raid - liquor found |
GRP |
1922-08-12 |
08-12 |
1922 |
9 |
062 |
Smith, Mrs. Sarah |
AA |
y |
Dies at Grand Rapids, former resident of Grand Haven |
GHDT |
1923-12-24 |
12-24 |
1923 |
9 |
167 |
Smith, Ned |
AA |
y |
Colored blind man, 45 yrs., sells newspapers |
GHDT |
1919-10-07 |
10-07 |
1919 |
8 |
126 |
Smith, Ned |
AA |
y |
Blind Ned Smith to give concerts in Grand Haven |
GHDT |
1923-05-23 |
05-23 |
1923 |
9 |
112 |
Smith, Ned |
AA |
y |
Blind man needs new wagon, Grand Haven |
GHDT |
1922-05-12 |
05-12 |
1922 |
9 |
018 |
Smith, Ned |
AA |
y |
blind colored boy knows streets as if has full sight |
GHET |
1895-05-21 |
05-21 |
1895 |
6 |
116 |
Smith, Ned |
AA |
y |
Ned Smith, blind boy, lost money on street, Grand Haven |
GHDT |
1910-09-28 |
09-28 |
1910 |
7 |
236 |
Smith, Rev. George N. |
AA |
y |
Article |
GRE |
1858-09-28 |
09-28 |
1858 |
1 |
104 |
Smith, Rev. J. Morgan |
AA |
y |
The Claims of the Colored Race |
GRDE |
1868-11-27 |
11-27 |
1868 |
2 |
025 |
Smith, William Russell |
AA |
y |
Arrested for stealing |
PR |
1889-09-18 |
09-18 |
1889 |
4 |
240 |
Smith's Bayou |
AA |
n |
History of colony of negroes driven from Smith's Bayou |
GHDT |
1915-05-14 |
05-14 |
1915 |
8 |
063 |
Smith's Bayou |
AA |
n |
History of colony of negroes driven from Smith's Bayou |
GHDT |
1915-05-14 |
05-14 |
1915 |
8 |
064 |
Smith's Bayou |
AA |
n |
History of colony of negroes driven from Smith's Bayou |
GHDT |
1915-05-14 |
05-14 |
1915 |
8 |
062 |
Smith's Opera House |
AA |
n |
Pugilist in exhibition at Smith's opera house |
GREL |
1889-07-18 |
07-18 |
1889 |
4 |
220 |
Smithsonian Institute |
AA |
n |
Has cast of Jeremiah in the African section of museum |
DPD |
1891-05-22 |
05-22 |
1891 |
5 |
138 |
Sojourner Truth |
AA |
y |
Sojourner Truth Dead |
GRDD |
1883-11-27 |
11-27 |
1883 |
3 |
214 |
Sojourner Truth |
AA |
y |
Recovered from illness |
GREL |
1881-05-11 |
05-11 |
1881 |
3 |
121 |
South |
AA |
n |
Article - Carriage manufacturing by prisoners |
GRE |
1858-07-11 |
07-11 |
1858 |
1 |
098 |
South Carolina |
AA |
n |
Colored representative from South Carolina |
GRDT |
1878-06-28 |
06-28 |
1878 |
3 |
032 |
South Carolina |
AA |
n |
Aristocracy vs Farmers Alliance in South Carolina |
PR |
1890-07-23 |
07-23 |
1890 |
5 |
064 |
South Carolina |
AA |
n |
Southern slavery not a thing of the past - South Carolina |
PR |
1901-03-13 |
04-13 |
1901 |
7 |
039 |
South Carolina |
AA |
n |
New constitution disenfranchises negroes |
GHDT |
1897-12-28 |
12-28 |
1897 |
6 |
270b |
South Carolina |
AA |
n |
South Carolina Jubilee Singers - Power's Opera House |
GRDL |
1879-10-22 |
10-22 |
1879 |
3 |
086 |
South Carolina |
AA |
n |
Expedition by 1st S. C. Volunteers |
DA&T |
1862-12-02 |
12-02 |
1862 |
1 |
156 |
South Carolina |
AA |
n |
Against negro vote in South Carolina |
PR |
1890-12-24 |
12-24 |
1890 |
5 |
105 |
Southall, Ben |
AA |
y |
11 yr. Old intoxicated - Lampman's lodging house |
GRE |
1885-01-02 |
01-02 |
1885 |
4 |
001 |
Southland Nightingales |
AA |
n |
Concert at M.E. church in Grand Haven |
GHDT |
1914-02-23 |
02-23 |
1914 |
8 |
041 |
Southland Nightingales |
AA |
n |
Negro Jubilee singers concert |
GHDT |
1914-02-23 |
02-23 |
1914 |
8 |
041 |
Sparks, Al |
AA |
y |
Falls to death while drunk |
GREL |
1891-04-28 |
04-28 |
1891 |
5 |
129 |
Sparks, Al |
AA |
y |
Falls to death under train wheels while drunk |
GRE |
1891-04-28 |
04-28 |
1891 |
5 |
131 |
Sparks, Charles |
AA |
y |
Born 1807, ex-slave dies at Ypsilanti, MI |
GRH |
1901-08-20 |
08-20 |
1901 |
7 |
054 |
Sparks, Chas. |
AA |
y |
Arrested for perjury, Grand Rapids, MI |
GREL |
1886-02-01 |
02-01 |
1886 |
4 |
048 |
Spears, James |
AA |
y |
Examination on charges of assault and robbery |
GHDT |
1925-09-24 |
09-24 |
1925 |
9 |
230 |
Spears, James |
AA |
y |
Charged with assault on Peter Plass, Spring Lake |
GRH |
1925-09-23 |
09-23 |
1925 |
9 |
228 |
Specht, Louis |
AA |
y |
Shot employer who died, is hanged |
GREL |
1892-03-26 |
03-26 |
1892 |
5 |
307 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Elster's Colored Athletics vs Grandville-Jenison team |
GRH |
1921-07-27 |
07-27 |
1921 |
8 |
162 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Keller Pneumatic Tool baseball team defeated |
GHDT |
1919-08-30 |
08-30 |
1919 |
8 |
127 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Grand Haven Independents defeat Elster's Athletics |
GHDT |
1922-09-05 |
09-05 |
1922 |
9 |
070 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Major league quality ball to be played at Ramona Park |
GRH |
1928-04-19 |
04-19 |
1928 |
9 |
270 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
New baseball park to be located on Lyon Street |
GRD |
1894-03-01 |
03-01 |
1894 |
6 |
071 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Colored Athletics to play at Ramona Athletic Park |
GRH |
1923-09-30 |
09-30 |
1923 |
9 |
140 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Tigers vs Lambs baseball game at Lake Park |
GREP |
1901-04-15 |
04-15 |
1901 |
7 |
046 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Major league quality ball to be played at Ramona Park |
GRH |
1928-04-19 |
04-19 |
1928 |
9 |
271 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Elster's Athletics defeat Grand Haven Independents |
GHDT |
1922-09-05 |
09-05 |
1922 |
9 |
070 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Leonard Refrigerators defeat Elster's Colored Athletics |
GRH |
1928-05-16 |
05-16 |
1928 |
9 |
273 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Page Fence Giants play locals in game |
GHDT |
1901-07-30 |
07-30 |
1901 |
7 |
052 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Leonard Refrigerators defeat Fox Colored Giants |
GRH |
1928-05-20 |
05-20 |
1928 |
9 |
276 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Elster's Colored Athletics Defeat Grandville-Jenison team |
GRH |
1921-07-28 |
07-28 |
1921 |
8 |
163 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Chicago Colored Giants beat Keller Pneumatic Tool Co. |
GHDT |
1919-08-11 |
08-11 |
1919 |
8 |
119 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Negro players from Detroit play league at Grand Rapids |
GRH |
1922-05-04 |
05-04 |
1922 |
9 |
014 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Leonard Refrigerators defeat Fox Colored Giants |
GRH |
1928-05-20 |
05-20 |
1928 |
9 |
277 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Keller Pneumatic Tool ball team of Grand Haven |
GHDT |
1919-08-29 |
08-29 |
1919 |
8 |
123 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Page Fence Giants of Adrian play at Cincinnati, OH |
GRD |
1895-04-13 |
04-13 |
1895 |
6 |
113 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
'Billbobs' to play Elster's Athletics |
GRH |
1922-08-03 |
08-03 |
1922 |
9 |
058 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Jess Elster's Colored Athletics at Grand Rapids |
GHDT |
1919-08-29 |
08-29 |
1919 |
8 |
123 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Mr. Johnson, pitcher for Colored Athletics |
GRH |
1923-09-30 |
09-30 |
1923 |
9 |
141 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Local Independents vs Elster's Colored Athletics |
GHDT |
1922-06-06 |
06-06 |
1922 |
9 |
025 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Fineis Oils defeat Comstock Parks, Grand Rapids |
GRH |
1929-09-09 |
09-09 |
1929 |
9 |
290 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Elster's Colored Athletics |
GHDT |
1922-06-05 |
06-05 |
1922 |
9 |
023 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Grand Haven Eagles vs Elster Colored Athletics |
GHDT |
1920-07-12 |
07-12 |
1920 |
8 |
137 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Mabin's Colored Independents beat by Elster's Athletics |
???? |
1922-07-30 |
07-30 |
1922 |
9 |
057 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Grand Haven Eagles Defeat Elster Colored Athletics |
GHDT |
1920-07-15 |
07-15 |
1920 |
8 |
138 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Hubbardston Independents vs Illinois Colored Giants |
GRH |
1925-09-11 |
09-11 |
1925 |
9 |
223 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Local Independents vs Elster's Colored Athletics |
GHDT |
1922-06-05 |
06-05 |
1922 |
9 |
024 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Reorganized Grand Rapids Independent baseball team |
GREP |
1902-08-12 |
08-12 |
1902 |
7 |
074 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Hartford Colored Giants vs Grand Haven Eagles |
GHDT |
1920-07-23 |
07-23 |
1920 |
8 |
139 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Northeasterns defeat Fox Colored Giants |
GRH |
1929-09-09 |
09-09 |
1929 |
9 |
290 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Hartford Colored Giants Beat Grand Haven Eagles |
GHDT |
1920-07-26 |
07-26 |
1920 |
8 |
140 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
New ball team - Colored Independents of Grand Rapids |
GRH |
1922-06-29 |
06-29 |
1922 |
9 |
038 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Grand Haven Eagles Beat Elster's Colored Athletics |
GHDT |
1920-06-16 |
06-16 |
1920 |
8 |
142 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Independents lose to Elster's Athletics |
GHDT |
1922-06-08 |
06-08 |
1922 |
9 |
027 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Elster's Colored Athletics vs Grand Haven Independents |
GHDT |
1921-06-16 |
06-16 |
1921 |
8 |
152 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Grand Haven Independents to play another colored team |
GHDT |
1922-06-10 |
06-10 |
1922 |
9 |
029 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Elster's Colored Athletics play House of David team |
GRH |
1922-06-23 |
06-23 |
1922 |
9 |
034 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Colored baseball team touring Michigan |
GHDT |
1904-05-26 |
05-26 |
1904 |
7 |
103 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Baseball player charged with murder |
GRE |
1891-04-13 |
04-13 |
1891 |
5 |
126 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
On Colored baseball league in Texas |
GREP |
1909-11-18 |
11-18 |
1909 |
7 |
217 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Elster's Athletics and Chippewa Indians winners yesterday |
GRH |
1922-07-24 |
07-24 |
1922 |
9 |
053 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Colored Giant baseball team to play local team |
GREP |
1902-04-29 |
04-29 |
1902 |
7 |
071 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Eagle baseball team playing Hartford Colored Giants |
GHDT |
1920-05-24 |
05-24 |
1920 |
8 |
134 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Baseball player severely assaulted |
GRDD |
1889-11-05 |
11-05 |
1889 |
4 |
258 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Elster's Athletics and Chippewa Indians winners yesterday |
GRH |
1922-07-24 |
07-24 |
1922 |
9 |
054 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Negro players from Detroit play league at Grand Rapids |
GRH |
1922-05-04 |
05-04 |
1922 |
9 |
015 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
House of David show anger in Saturday's game |
GRH |
1922-06-25 |
06-25 |
1922 |
9 |
037 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Grand Rapids Central beats Pace Fence Giants |
GRH |
1922-05-06 |
05-06 |
1922 |
9 |
016 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Elster Colored Athletics vs Grandville-Jenison team |
GRH |
1921-07-26 |
07-26 |
1921 |
8 |
161 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Hartford Colored Giants, Chicago -play Eagle baseball team |
GHDT |
1920-05-14 |
05-14 |
1920 |
8 |
132 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
First twilight baseball game held at Grand Haven, MI |
GHDT |
1920-07-12 |
07-12 |
1920 |
8 |
136 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Photo of Jess Elster, colored baseball impressario |
GRH |
1921-07-24 |
07-24 |
1921 |
8 |
160 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Negro pitcher from Chicago to pitch for Colored Giants |
GRH |
1922-05-07 |
05-07 |
1922 |
9 |
017 |
Sports - Baseball |
AA |
n |
Grand Haven Independents vs Zeeland American Legion |
GHDT |
1922-07-11 |
07-11 |
1922 |
9 |
044 |
Sports - Basketball |
AA |
n |
Company F basketeers vs Spring Lake Orphans |
GHDT |
1922-02-21 |
02-21 |
1922 |
9 |
006 |
Sports - Biking |
AA |
n |
League of American Wheelmen |
GRD |
1894-03-01 |
03-01 |
1894 |
6 |
071 |
Sports - Biking |
AA |
n |
L.A.W. -white wheelmen refuse colored as members |
GRH |
1896-08-08 |
08-08 |
1896 |
6 |
158 |
Sports - Boxing |
AA |
n |
Boxing contest between Dixon and Wilson held |
GHDT |
1898-12-17 |
12-17 |
1898 |
6 |
292 |
Sports - Boxing |
AA |
n |
Exhibition of the manly art |
GREL |
1889-07-19 |
07-19 |
1889 |
4 |
222 |
Sports - Boxing |
AA |
n |
Billy Jones to fight Harry English |
GRH |
1933-08-20 |
08-20 |
1933 |
9 |
315 |
Sports - Boxing |
AA |
n |
Boxing match with James Jordan |
GREL |
1890-03-10 |
03-10 |
1890 |
5 |
042 |
Sports - Boxing |
AA |
n |
Clever with his dukes |
GREL |
1889-07-19 |
07-19 |
1889 |
4 |
221 |
Sports - Boxing |
AA |
n |
Pugilist in exhibition at Smith's opera house |
GREL |
1889-07-18 |
07-18 |
1889 |
4 |
220 |
Sports - Boxing |
AA |
y |
Colored pugilist arrives for fight with Sullivan |
GREL |
1890-01-21 |
01-21 |
1890 |
5 |
014 |
Sports - Boxing |
AA |
n |
George Dixon, pugilist, defeated by Frank Erne |
GHDT |
1896-11-28 |
11-28 |
1896 |
6 |
171 |
Sports - Boxing |
AA |
n |
Opinion of pugilist, Pete Jackson |
GREL |
1890-02-10 |
02-10 |
1890 |
5 |
032 |
Sports - Boxing |
AA |
n |
Pugilist wants double to fight a colored man |
GRTH |
1889-11-23 |
11-23 |
1889 |
4 |
261 |
Sports - Boxing |
AA |
n |
Colored boy boxed and professional |
GREL |
1889-04-16 |
04-16 |
1889 |
4 |
196 |
Sports - Boxing |
AA |
n |
Tut Jackson fights Jack Goyer - Washington, OH |
GRH |
1922-05-04 |
05-04 |
1922 |
9 |
013 |
Sports - Boxing |
AA |
n |
Pugilist knocked out by local pugilist, Birmingham, AL |
GREL |
1889-12-03 |
12-03 |
1889 |
4 |
262 |
Sports - Boxing |
AA |
n |
Boxing fight set between George Stewart & Jack Regan |
GRD |
1897-02-25 |
02-25 |
1897 |
6 |
190 |
Sports - Boxing |
AA |
n |
Sullivan vs Jackson |
GREL |
1892-09-09 |
09-09 |
1892 |
5 |
381 |
Sports - Boxing |
AA |
n |
Sullivan loses to Jim Corbett |
GREL |
1892-09-09 |
09-09 |
1892 |
5 |
382 |
Sports - Boxing |
AA |
n |
The pugilistic color line |
GREL |
1892-09-09 |
09-09 |
1892 |
5 |
381 |
Sports - Boxing |
AA |
n |
Boxing fight whipped Frank Slavin |
PR |
1892-06-08 |
06-08 |
1892 |
5 |
355 |
Sports - Boxing |
AA |
n |
Slavin - Jackson boxing fight |
GREL |
1892-05-31 |
05-31 |
1892 |
5 |
343 |
Sports - Boxing |
AA |
n |
Colored boxers - 19 scraps held at Armory |
GRH |
1924-03-14 |
03-14 |
1924 |
9 |
173 |
Sports - Boxing |
AA |
n |
Asserts Jack Johnson, pugilist, has done harm to race |
GREP |
1913-05-13 |
05-13 |
1913 |
8 |
033 |
Sports - Football |
AA |
n |
Grand Haven H.S. vs Benton Harbor H.S. |
GHDT |
1914-10-17 |
10-17 |
1914 |
8 |
049 |
Sports - Swimming |
AA |
n |
Margaret Woodbridge broke 2 American swimming records |
GRH |
1921-07-24 |
07-24 |
1921 |
8 |
157 |
Sports - Wrestling |
AA |
n |
Wrestling match between white and black |
GREL |
1881-04-29 |
04-29 |
1881 |
3 |
119 |
Sports Cartoon |
AA |
n |
Baseball teams |
GRH |
1921-07-24 |
07-24 |
1921 |
8 |
157 |
Spring Lake, MI |
AA |
n |
History of colony of negroes driven from Smith's Bayou |
GHDT |
1915-05-14 |
05-14 |
1915 |
8 |
062 |
Spring Lake, MI |
AA |
n |
Negro mammies/southern families at Spring Lake |
GHDT |
1914-06-15 |
06-15 |
1914 |
8 |
045 |
Spring Lake, MI |
AA |
n |
History of colony of negroes driven from Smith's Bayou |
GHDT |
1915-05-14 |
05-14 |
1915 |
8 |
064 |
Spring Lake, MI |
AA |
n |
History of colony of negroes driven from Smith's Bayou |
GHDT |
1915-05-14 |
05-14 |
1915 |
8 |
063 |
Springfield, MA |
AA |
n |
2 Pastors and 2 women Nat'l Convention Congregationalists |
GRH |
1923-09-09 |
09-09 |
1923 |
9 |
117 |
Springfield, MA |
AA |
n |
2 Pastors and 2 women Nat'l Convention Congregationalists |
GRH |
1923-09-09 |
09-09 |
1923 |
9 |
118 |
St. Charles, Arkansas |
AA |
n |
5 negroes lynched by mob, St. Charles, AR |
GRPT |
1904-03-28 |
03-28 |
1904 |
7 |
094 |
St. Ignace, MI |
AA |
n |
First colored man arrested in St. Ignace, MI |
SIN |
1887-10-18 |
10-18 |
1887 |
4 |
119 |
St. Joseph, MI |
AA |
n |
Two negroes arrested for stealing at St. Joseph |
GHDT |
1914-05-27 |
05-27 |
1914 |
8 |
043 |
St. Joseph, MI |
AA |
n |
White & Colored Stevedores trouble over price cutting |
GRH |
1897-07-18 |
07-18 |
1897 |
6 |
219 |
St. Louis |
AA |
n |
Possible murder charges-assault on George Cosmodyce |
GREL |
1888-06-09 |
06-09 |
1888 |
4 |
136 |
St. Louis |
AA |
n |
Colored Troops at St. Louis |
DA&T |
1863-08-25 |
08-25 |
1863 |
1 |
167 |
St. Mark's Episcopal |
AA |
n |
Colored Episcopal preacher at St. Mark's church |
GRH |
1892-03-05 |
03-05 |
1892 |
5 |
289 |
St. Paul, MN |
AA |
n |
Divided jury of St. Paul, MN |
GRDE |
1869-03-30 |
03-30 |
1869 |
2 |
032 |
St. Philip's Episcopal |
AA |
n |
Negroes build church - St. Philip's Episcopal |
GRP |
1920-05-08 |
05-08 |
1920 |
8 |
130 |
Stanford, Senator |
AA |
y |
Prominent in inducing negro migration to west |
GREL |
1891-08-24 |
08-24 |
1891 |
5 |
203 |
Stanley, Will |
AA |
y |
Killed three children, burned alive, Temple Texas |
GRH |
1915-07-31 |
07-31 |
1915 |
8 |
069 |
Staples, Amelia |
AA |
y |
Frank Taylor arrested for bastardy |
GREL |
1881-08-06 |
08-06 |
1881 |
3 |
133 |
Steele, George W., Jr. |
AA |
y |
Remembers George W. Steele, Jr., dirigible commander |
GRH |
1924-10-26 |
10-26 |
1924 |
9 |
197 |
Steele, Rev. Dr. |
AA |
y |
Speech on southern problem - suppress negro vote |
PR |
1890-07-30 |
07-30 |
1890 |
5 |
068 |
Steele, Rev. Dr. |
AA |
y |
Speech on southern problem - suppress negro vote |
PR |
1890-08-27 |
08-27 |
1890 |
5 |
074 |
Stellman, Mrs. R. G. |
AA |
y |
Assaulted and robbed by colored man |
GREL |
1891-06-16 |
06-16 |
1891 |
5 |
155 |
Stewart, Anna |
AA |
y |
Arrested for assaulting Anna Stewart |
GREL |
1890-09-02 |
09-02 |
1890 |
5 |
075 |
Stewart, Fanny |
AA |
y |
Died hanging out clothes at Detroit, MI |
GRE |
1887-03-10 |
03-10 |
1887 |
4 |
092 |
Stewart, George |
AA |
y |
Arraign for disorderly conduct |
GRE |
1890-06-28 |
06-28 |
1890 |
5 |
061 |
Stewart, George A. |
AA |
y |
Boxing fight set between George Stewart & Jack Regan |
GRD |
1897-02-25 |
02-25 |
1897 |
6 |
190 |
Stewart, Levi |
AA |
y |
Levi Stewart, 100 yrs. old, dies |
GREL |
1890-03-29 |
03-29 |
1890 |
5 |
044 |
Stillwell, Miss Minnie |
AA |
y |
Colored man shoots paramour, commits suicide |
GREL |
1890-12-12 |
12-12 |
1890 |
5 |
103 |
Stocking, C. C. |
AA |
y |
Too many wives |
GRE |
1885-04-11 |
04-11 |
1885 |
4 |
012 |
Stone, Burgess & Co. |
AA |
n |
Owes for ring purchased from jewelry |
GRH |
1910-12-09 |
12-09 |
1910 |
7 |
245 |
Stone, Jake |
AA |
y |
Arrested for stealing Jake Stone and wife |
GRDL |
1879-08-27 |
08-27 |
1879 |
3 |
078 |
Storm, Rev. H. |
AA |
y |
Establish mission church for colored community, Freesoil |
GRH |
1921-10-16 |
10-16 |
1921 |
8 |
164 |
Storrs, Rev. R. S., Jr. |
AA |
y |
The Negro's Dream |
GREQ |
1851-03-26 |
03-26 |
1851 |
1 |
020 |
Stowe, Harriet Beecher |
AA |
y |
Uncle Tom's Cabin Tonight |
GRE |
1864-12-05 |
12-05 |
1864 |
1 |
221 |
Stranger, David |
AA |
y |
Arrested in killing |
GRD |
1891-05-25 |
05-25 |
1891 |
5 |
140 |
Straub, Alderman |
AA |
y |
Has artificial legs thru efforts of Alderman Straub, Jackson |
GRH |
1899-08-31 |
08-31 |
1899 |
6 |
313 |
Strongfellow, Mr. |
AA |
y |
Smallpox patient almost recovered |
GHDT |
1914-03-03 |
03-03 |
1914 |
8 |
042 |
Stuart, John |
AA |
y |
Sent to State school at Coldwater |
GRE |
1886-04-01 |
04-01 |
1886 |
4 |
055 |
Stuart, Vine |
AA |
y |
Injured at Comstock factory, Grand Rapids, MI |
GREL |
1890-07-30 |
07-30 |
1890 |
5 |
070 |
Suffrage |
AA |
n |
Negro Suffrage |
GRSEP |
1879-02-22 |
02-22 |
1879 |
3 |
048 |
Suffrage |
AA |
n |
The Muskegon News on the Suffrage Question |
GRDE |
1865-07-27 |
07-27 |
1865 |
1 |
233 |
Suffrage |
AA |
n |
President Lincoln on Negro Suffrage |
GRDE |
1865-07-20 |
07-20 |
1865 |
1 |
231 |
Suffrage |
AA |
n |
Opinion on Negro Suffrage by Stephen B. Weeks |
GRE |
1893-08-10 |
08-10 |
1893 |
6 |
047 |
Suffrage |
AA |
n |
Negro Suffrage |
GRDE |
1868-01-06 |
01-06 |
1868 |
2 |
001 |
Suffrage |
AA |
n |
Negro Suffrage |
GRSEP |
1879-02-22 |
02-22 |
1879 |
3 |
047 |
Suffrage |
AA |
n |
Negro Suffrage Amendment |
GRDE |
1869-03-31 |
03-31 |
1869 |
2 |
033 |
Suffrage |
AA |
n |
Negro Women's Suffrage |
GRDL |
1879-03-09 |
03-09 |
1879 |
3 |
049 |
Suffrage |
AA |
n |
States Women Sufferagists convention, Grand Rapids |
GREL |
1885-07-10 |
07-10 |
1885 |
4 |
027 |
Suffrage |
AA |
n |
Black Suffrage |
GRDE |
1865-10-11 |
10-11 |
1865 |
1 |
243 |
Suffrage |
AA |
n |
Converted to Negro Suffrage |
GRDE |
1868-06-05 |
06-05 |
1868 |
2 |
010 |
Suffrage |
AA |
n |
Letters from Plainwell regarding suffrage |
AJ |
1865-10-30 |
10-30 |
1865 |
1 |
250 |
Suffrage |
AA |
n |
Article on Suffrage |
AJ |
1865-11-20 |
11-20 |
1865 |
1 |
252 |
Suffrage |
AA |
n |
A Word to the Colored Men of Grand Rapids |
GRDE |
1870-11-07 |
11-07 |
1870 |
2 |
089 |
Suffrage |
AA |
n |
Suffrage |
GRDD |
1866-01-15 |
01-15 |
1866 |
1 |
257 |
Suffrage |
AA |
n |
1849 Legislature denise equal suffrage to negroes |
GRP |
1915-04-01 |
04-01 |
1915 |
8 |
059 |
Suffrage |
AA |
n |
Election in Connecticut - Suffrage |
GRDD |
1865-12-13 |
12-13 |
1865 |
1 |
256 |
Sullivan, Dr. P. J. |
AA |
y |
Urges deporting negro as solution to race problem |
MC |
1919-08-25 |
08-25 |
1919 |
8 |
120 |
Sullivan, John L. |
AA |
y |
Pugilist wants double to fight a colored man |
GRTH |
1889-11-23 |
11-23 |
1889 |
4 |
261 |
Sullivan, John L. |
AA |
y |
Colored pugilist arrives for fight with Sullivan |
GREL |
1890-01-21 |
01-21 |
1890 |
5 |
014 |
Sullivan, John L. |
AA |
y |
Opinion of pugilist, Pete Jackson |
GREL |
1890-02-10 |
02-10 |
1890 |
5 |
032 |
Sumner, Hon. Charles |
AA |
n |
Procession of Colored People |
GRDT |
1874-03-18 |
03-18 |
1874 |
2 |
146 |
Sunny South Company |
AA |
n |
Sunny South Co. Show advertisement |
GHDT |
1915-02-06 |
02-06 |
1915 |
8 |
057 |
Sutton, Maggie |
AA |
y |
Seeking to arrest for robbery of James Davis |
GRD |
1896-09-19 |
09-19 |
1896 |
6 |
159 |
Swamp House |
AA |
n |
John Henderson shot and killed by Wm A. Clark |
GRE |
1882-03-27 |
03-27 |
1882 |
3 |
145 |
Sweeney, W. Allison |
AA |
y |
Journalist will speak at Congregational Church, Grand Haven |
GHDT |
1909-06-27 |
06-27 |
1909 |
7 |
211 |
Swetland, Warren |
AA |
y |
Enraged waiter assaults steward |
GRH |
1897-09-09 |
09-09 |
1897 |
6 |
242 |
Swift, James |
AA |
y |
Assaulted by James Ray at Detroit |
GRE |
1891-11-04 |
11-04 |
1891 |
5 |
237 |
Transcriber: Evelyn M. Sawyer
Created: 21 June 2003