Race Relations
Information about race relations in Richmond, VA, during the Civil War and Reconstruction. 

Written Accounts

1865-07-06, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; description of the Fourth of July in Richmond – lengthy description of Mary Walker’s appearance while (inaudibly) reading the Declaration of Independence. Description of other addresses at Capitol Square, and excu
1865-07-19, Washington (DC) Daily National Republican; interesting letter from a young woman describing the conditions and popular sentiment in Richmond at this time; describes the Fourth of July Celebration in Capitol Square
1865-07-26, Washington (Pa.) Reporter; letter from Col. G. Brown of the Freedmen’s Bureau, giving statistics of negroes now at Chimborazo
1865-07-28, Richmond Whig; description of the current state of Rocketts Landing
1865-08-01, Richmond Whig; description of Libby Hill - now camp of “U. S. colored infantry covers the face of the hill.”
1865-08-04, Richmond Whig; Provost Marshal cases in the 2nd district: Liquor sales, thefts and two humorous accounts of unfaithful husbands. One woman escaped Castle Thunder but was “recommitted” after arrest
1865-08-04, Richmond Whig; racist description of the Freedman camp at Chimborazo, the “abiding place of unemployed and no-account negroes”
1865-08-04, Richmond Whig; racist description of the over-use of the Provost Marshal courts by Freedmen. Advocates all parties be put in Castle Thunder
1865-08-12, Columbia (S. C.) Daily Phoenix; interesting article describing the population of Richmond as now 50,000 and notes on the demographics of the city. Also describes the occupation of Chimborazo as “the only barracks occupied by negroes”
1865-10-20, Burlington (Vt.) Free Press; Charles Palmer “the well-known Unionist” defeated in State Senate race. Franklin Stearns is the only Unionist elected.

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