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.
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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 Elev...

Table of 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.