Broadside in support of the "Danville Circular"
date: label: Date
content: 1883
name: label: Published by
content: Unidentified
label: Written by
content: Lewis E. Harvie M.D.
label: Written by
content: W. N. Ruffin
label: Written by
content: R. R. Miller
label: Subject of
content: Frank M. Hamlin
label: Subject of
content: Hamlin & Hinton
label: Subject of
content: William P. Graves
label: Subject of
content: J. M. Covington
label: Subject of
content: W. T. Clark
label: Subject of
content: James W. Bruce
label: Subject of
content: A. G. Fuller
label: Subject of
content: John O. Redd
label: Subject of
content: Harry Wooding
label: Subject of
content: Daniel Coleman
label: Subject of
content: James T. Burton
label: Subject of
content: Gravely & Burton
label: Subject of
content: W. N. Shelton
label: Subject of
content: G. K. Poindexter
label: Subject of
content: C. F. Booth
label: Subject of
content: Booth, Wooding & Booth
label: Subject of
content: F. H. Burton
label: Subject of
content: Ed. S. Ragland
label: Subject of
content: J. B. Westerbrooks
label: Subject of
content: Ruffin, Woolfolk & Blair
label: Subject of
content: Frank B. Gravely
label: Subject of
content: C. H. Norton
label: Subject of
content: E. L. & A. Gerst
label: Subject of
content: S. H. Holland
label: Subject of
content: J. D. Blair
label: Subject of
content: J. G. Covington
label: Subject of
content: John W. Holland
label: Subject of
content: J. E. Schoolfield
label: Subject of
content: John W. Lee
label: Subject of
content: Lee & Jordan
label: Subject of
content: M. P. Jordan
notes: label: Description
content: A letterpress broadside expressing support for the circular letter "Coalition Rule in Danville," commonly referred to as the "Danville Circular." The broadside prints two letters dated October 30, 1883, from Lewis E. Harvie and W. N. Ruffin. At bottom is a certification from notary public R. R. Miller that the signers of "Coalition Rule in Danville" did sign and agree with its contents in his presence. It reads [Read the Proof: The Danville Circular as True as Gospel . . . Read, White Men, and Act!] and urges "our white brethren of the Valley" to "save us from the black wave of ignorance and vice which threatens to overwhelm us." Folds and minor wear.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place depicted
content: Danville, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Race riots
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
label: Topic
content: White supremacy movements
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.28.38.1
objectType: label: Type
content: broadsides
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 13/16 × 5 11/16 in. (22.4 × 14.4 cm)