Jennie Carter a Black journalist of the early West /

• Main Author: Carter, Jennie, 1830 or 1831-1881.
• Other Authors: Gardner, Eric.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
• Subjects: Carter, Jennie, > 1830 or 1831-1881 > Correspondence.; Carter, Jennie, > 1830 or 1831-1881; 1800 - 1950; African Americans > Social conditions > 19th century. > California; African Americans > Social conditions > 19th century. > West (U.S.); African American women journalists > Correspondence. > Nevada County > California; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > African American Studies. > Ethnic Studies; African American women journalists.; African Americans > Social conditions.; Political science.; Race relations.; Social history.; West (U.S.) > Social conditions > 19th century.; West (U.S.) > Race relations > History > 19th century.; California > Politics and government > 1850-1950.; United States > Politics and government > 1865-1877.; United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.; Nevada County (Calif.) > Biography.; California.; California > Nevada County.; United States.; United States, West.; Electronic books.; Biography.; Records and correspondence.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Item Description: Consists mainly of Carter's contributions to the San Francisco Elevator and the Philadelphia-based Christian recorder, from 1867 to 1881.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxiii, 153 pages).
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-144) and index.
• ISBN: 9781604733136 (electronic bk.); 1604733136 (electronic bk.)

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.