More on Civil Rights

June 7, 1866

Summary

A black man who is refused passage on steamboats is now suing the captains for $4,000 each.

Transcription

MORE ON CIVIL RIGHTS.-A colored man who was refused cabin pannage by two steamboats, from Duvall's Bluff to Memphis, has sued the captains for four thousand dollars' damages each.

About this article

Source

Richmond Daily Dispatch

Contributed By

Brooke Beam

Identifier

BeamBrooke-18660607-MoreOnCivilRights.pdf

Collection

This Week in Reconstruction, June 1-7, 1866

Citation

“More on Civil Rights,” Reconstructing Virginia, accessed May 18, 2022, https://reconstructingvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/203.