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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08957 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Memorial of the Pennsylvania State Equal Rights' League, to the Legislature of Pennsylvania |
| Date | 20 January 1865 |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | Asks that the government force companies operating public trolleys to allow black passengers. Public trolleys run by private companies had been routinely barring black passengers from their cars. Signed in text by a number of citizens, including Jonathan C. Gibbs as chairman. |
| Subjects | Travel Transportation Civil Rights African American History |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | African Americans; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |