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Jennie Carter : a Black journalist of the early West / edited by Eric Gardner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carter, Jennie, 1830 or 1831-1881.
- Series:
- Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
- Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--California--Social conditions--19th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--West (U.S.)--Social conditions--19th century.
- African American women journalists--California--Nevada County--Correspondence.
- African American women journalists.
- West (U.S.)--Social conditions--19th century.
- West (U.S.).
- West (U.S.)--Race relations--History--19th century.
- California--Politics and government--1850-1950.
- California.
- United States--Politics and government--1865-1877.
- United States.
- United States--Race relations--History--19th century.
- Nevada County (Calif.)--Biography.
- Nevada County (Calif.).
- Carter, Jennie, 1830 or 1831-1881--Correspondence.
- Carter, Jennie.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (188 p.).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007.
- 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 & quot;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 & quot; columns for the newspaper, she was in Nevada County, California.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Consists mainly of Carter's contributions to the San Francisco Elevator and the Philadelphia-based Christian recorder, from 1867 to 1881.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-144) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-48549-0
- 9786612485497
- 1-60473-313-6
- OCLC:
- 742045947
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