“A New Slavery!” Newspaper Article, September 21, 1900

    Printed in the September 21, 1900 edition of the Iowa State Bystander, an African-American newspaper published in Des Moines, Iowa, a warning was given to African-American voters in West Virginia about the dangers of voting for the Democratic Party in the upcoming election.
    Courtesy of Library of Congress, "A New Slavery!" Iowa State Bystander, pp. 5, 21 September 1900

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    Printed in the September 21, 1900, edition of the Iowa State Bystander, an African-American newspaper published in Des Moines, Iowa, a warning was given to African-American voters in West Virginia about the dangers of voting for the Democratic Party in the upcoming election. The Iowa State Bystander was published in 29 states and regularly printed reports of interest to African Americans from across America. The article cited Jim Crow laws and the disenfranchisement of African Americans throughout the South, including comments made by the openly white supremacist South Carolina Senator Benjamin Tillman. 

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    Source-Dependent Questions

    • The Iowa State Bystander was published in 29 states. Identify the intended audience this article targeted. What language, such as word choice or phrases, did the Iowa State Bystander use to reach it?
    • According to this article, what is essential for securing the rights of citizenship for African Americans? Why?
    • How did the Iowa State Bystander structure this article to achieve its purpose?

    Citation Information 

    "A New Slavery!" Iowa State Bystander, pp. 5, 21 September 1900. Courtesy of Library of Congress

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