Practical Negro Equality
Summary
According to the Boonsboro Odd Fellow, the “colored citizens” from that town held a picnic near Keedysville that involved the sharing of plates and utensils between blacks and “Rebels” as a result of the latter’s eagerness to have ice cream.
Article Source
Newspaper: The Herald and Torch Light
Publication Date: August 14th, 1867
Page/Column: 3A
Town: Hagerstown, MD
County: Washington
Subjects
- African Americans
- Aftermath of War / Reconstruction