“We Go to the Polls for the First Time in 8 Years…& the White Vote Will Fall Into the Ballot Box”

A Democratic newspaper in Baton Rouge wrote about the importance of voting in the election of 1868. As in many similar articles, this one demands white solidarity against newly enfranchised African American men.

Daily Advocate
Wednesday, Oct 28, 1868
Baton Rouge, LA

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