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In 1857, in a decree that flouted Louisiana case law that allowed white men to free their enslaved children, paramours and common-law wives, the Louisiana legislature voted that slavery could no longer be reversed. It was one more tightening of the screws by plantation interests against Blacks as the legislature grew more polarized over the slave economy.
In 1858, New Orleans closed an African Methodist Episcopal church after police raids for “unlawful assembly” of enslaved and free Blacks. The city of 116,000, the nation’s largest market in the sale of human beings, had nearly 10,000 free people of color
By Ray Cox
Special to The Roanoke Times
Humble self-reflection is said to be in decline, so it is with all humility we begin todayâs dispatch with a confession.
Sin seems to have occurred in this space.
In journalism, the sort of malfeasance the following admission addresses hovers under a damning rubric called âburying the lead.â
Sweeping the jargon into a dustbin, what that means is to begin a report with information of secondary importance and thus unforgivably postpone delivery of more essential news.
Before we finally allow late Roanoke County horseman and promoter Yelverton Neal Oliver to rest in peace after a series of semi-biographical columns, it must be conceded that he has not been afforded the respect he is due.
Pre-Civil War Collector Coins in The Steve Studer Collection, Part 2
three-cent silver to
double eagles. All of the coins being offered have dates from the period 1838-1861, and the vast majority, including all of the silver coins, were struck in
New Orleans. A few gold coins from
Philadelphia and
San Francisco round out the offering.
1854-O quarter eagle is scarce in any Mint State grade, but it is decidedly rare in MS63, and a mere two pieces have been certified in higher grades, both by
PCGS. This example is tied with one other coin as the finest endorsed by
CAC. The strike is generally sharp, save for the virtually unavoidable softness on the eagle’s left (facing) leg. Reflective fields complement rich straw-gold color, and the absence of major abrasions compounds the eye appeal. New Orleans gold from this period is rarely found so fine.