The Nationalist was a newspaper published in Mobile, Alabama for African Americans after the American Civil War (Reconstruction era). It was established by missionaries and allied with the Republican Party.[1] The Library of Congress has issues in its collection. It was published from late 1865 until about 1869.[2] It was one of the most influential "Radical" newspapers in the South.[3]
John Silsby (its early editor), Albert Griffin, Lawrence S. Berry, and John Carraway were leaders of the paper.[1][4] There were internal disputes.over distribution and marketing strategies.[1]
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edit- ^ a b c Fitzgerald, Michael W. (September 1, 2002). Urban Emancipation: Popular Politics in Reconstruction Mobile, 1860–1890. LSU Press. ISBN 9780807128374 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Nationalist (Mobile, Ala.) 1865-1869". Library of Congress.
- ^ Fitzgerald, Michael W. (October 1, 2000). The Union League Movement in the Deep South: Politics and Agricultural Change During Reconstruction. LSU Press. ISBN 9780807126332 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Nationalist. [volume]". National Endowment for the Humanities – via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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