x-sender: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com x-receiver: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com Received: from mail pickup service by IQ12 with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 30 Sep 2014 23:59:37 -0400 thread-index: Ac/dLB5GzE4gcZF9Rv+zd0DO1/+Qgw== Thread-Topic: Biker Rally's From: To: Subject: Biker Rally's Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 23:59:37 -0400 Message-ID: <4692D614A8E84441BF6E44543F0F0FF0@IQ12> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.1.7601.17609 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Oct 2014 03:59:37.0542 (UTC) FILETIME=[1E674E60:01CFDD2C] CUSTOM Mr Thomas J Soltes Mr 3809 Lake Drive Top Floor North Myrtle Beach SC 29582 tjsoltes@hotmail.com 724-714-6343 724-714-6343 COMM Biker Rally's the rest of my previous message Tom Soltes shared Zinn Education Project 's photo. September 28 at 6:14pm We were taught and many people still think of Abraham Lincoln as the "Great Emancipator". I wonder how many people know what his motivation was. His previous attempt to free the slaves was rejected by congress. It included a little known detail to deport the freed slaves to the Caribbean and British colonies in Central America. The Emancipation Proclamation was a war time powers act to aid the North in the Civil War. It did not free ALL the slaves, only those on Confederate soil. On the same morning he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863, Lincoln signed a contract establishing a colony for 5,000 American ex-slaves in Haiti. This was his plan to end the war and what he predicted as racial strife in America, it failed. This information below is about our ancestors from Beaver County. It is about our relatives, friends and neighbors who fought for many years before and after Lincoln to end Slavery. Not to end war or to "resettle" or deport slaves but because slavery was immoral, inhumane and just plain wrong. In some mysterious way of communication, slaves from Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia and even Huntsville, Alabama knew that if they could reach New Brighton, they would be helped to freedom. There Edward Townsend with his ingenious trap-door to his cellar; Benjamin Townsend with his famous cave at Penn Avenue and Allegheny Road; David Townsend with his friendly island in the Beaver; Milo Talbot and Lewis Townsend, James Irvin, Timothy B. White, E. Ellwood and his wife, and many others, were untiring in their assistance to the poor fugitives. Among them Abby Kelly and Stephen Foster found a friendly home when they spoke at 'Shusters' or 'Abolition Hall' and Frederick Douglass also when he lectured at the Presbyterian Church. In 1848 with other prominent men they addressed a magnificent letter to Joshua Giddings, John P. Hale and John Dickey, the latter their representative in Congress, congratulating them on their splendid stand against slavery and assuring them of their support." Jonathan Morris of New Brighton was a bold and tireless worker on the Underground Railroad. Morris' home, located on the Little Beaver Creek, frequently harbored runaways. He was a friend of the noted Philadelphia Quaker Isaac Hopper. He forwarded his passengers to a famous station in Salem, Ohio. Beaver County citizens formed two active anti-slavery societies. On January 28, 1826 a society was formed at the Greersburg Academy (until 1830 Darlington was known as Greersburg). Between 1842 and 1845 the first Abolition Society was formed in Chippewa Township under the leadership of the prominent abolitionist William Scott. The small Beaver County town of Achor near Salem, Ohio, was widely known as a key locale for Underground Railroad activities. On December 5, 1850 anti-slavery workers of New Brighton met and adopted resolutions against the Fugitive Slave Law. The Fugitive Slave Act mandated the return of runaway slaves, regardless of where in the Union they might be situated at the time of their discovery or capture. They declared the law was anti-Christian and vowed they would not respect it. The Covenanter Congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Beaver County was known in western Pennsylvania for its involvement in the Underground Railroad. Also, Geneva College in Beaver Falls were station stops located in Northwood, Ohio. Hookstown, Bridgewater and Rochester had stations on the Underground route. Zinn Education Project with Jimmie Polk II ?#?tdih Sept. 28, 1841, Frederick Douglass was forcibly ejected from an Eastern Railroad train (which ran from Boston to Portland, Maine) for refusal to ride in a "Jim Crow" car. This was the second time that month that he had peacefully insisted on the right to remain in his seat with his travelling companions. He was living in Lynn, Mass. and frequently traveled to speak at abolitionist events. Here are resources for teaching about Douglass, outside the textbook: http://zinnedproject.org/tag/frederick-douglass/ (Here is another resource about protests against racism on transportation prior to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, "Right to Ride" by Blair Kelley:http://bit.ly/1mWy8qW ) Photo: Onondaga Historical Association, ca 1848 Top of Form LikeLike . Richard Brickner, Angela Thompson Flynn, A.J. Wagner and 13 others like this. Tom Soltes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb_sqh577Zw Danny Glover Reads Frederick Douglass Actor Danny Glover reads abolitionist Frederick Douglass's "Fourth of July Speech, 1852" on October 5,... YOUTUBE.COM September 28 at 6:31pm . Like . 2 . Remove Preview Carol Holden Thank you for sharing more history of our Beaver County home. I love to hear that decent people like those in our hometowns played such an important part of history. September 28 at 8:06pm . Unlike . 3 Bonnie Byers Jones I would of loved learning this in history class! September 28 at 10:29pm . Like . 2 Cynthia Loughner Theadore Bonnie really I thought the same thing. September 28 at 11:54pm . Unlike . 1 Ann Murphy Herre People can download Douglas' memoir for free from the net. Very interesting Pamala Marie So interesting September 28 at 7:20pm . Like Robert Giles View of Washington DC from Cedar Hill, the home of Frederick Douglass while he was US Marshall for the District of Columbia. September 28 at 7:26pm . Unlike . 2 Robert Giles Interior of Frederick Douglass home at Cedar Hill. Pictures taken 09/26/2014. September 28 at 7:27pm . Unlike . 3 Sandy Riley Interesting. September 28 at 8:43pm . Like Valda Grimes Love this history lesson. I think i am going to copy into a word document for grand kids September 28 at 10:43pm . Like Jeanne McKinney Murray Growing up in Beaver Falls I never gave a thought to segregation or anything of that nature, we all went to school together, etc. However, on a vacation while in high school in the 50s, in the South, I was floored to see signs "colored only" or colored entrance" and that type of thing. I could not believe my eyes. It was really an "eye-opener" trip I must say. Yesterday at 12:10am . Like . 1 David Holoweiko this from the Little Beaver Historical power point presentation the Underground Railroad in Beaver County by Charles Townsend. Charles Townsend's great grandfather Milo Townsend was a friend of Douglass and Charles has an original letter from Douglass to his grandfather on display in the Greersburg academy in Darlington. Yesterday at 12:24am . Edited . Unlike . 2 David Holoweiko Yesterday at 12:31am . Unlike . 2 Tom Soltes We moved to South Carolina in 2006. We had lived in many different parts of the country before then. It was like stepping back in time. I was stunned at how casual news reporters followed the story of "Black Biker Week" . The Harley Bike rally had just ended and now we start with "Black Biker Week" . Each draw about 1/2 million visitors. Separate but equal was alive and well. Many local restaurants and tourist attractions open for the Harley rally suddenly closed for the next week. Each event brings in about 1/2 million visitors. The news reports today continue to cover the story and that it is hosted by Atlantic Beach, "The Black Pearl". and the only place I have lived that has a beach designated as the black beach in the tourist area. I should also note that the second bike rally is sponsored by Atlantic Beach. This past year there were three murders, in Myrtle Beach, that happened during the second rally when two rival local South Carolina gangs had a shootout over drug territory. I should note the "gangs" I mentioned were not tourists and were not bikers. So now we have local politicians and even our governor Nikki Haley calling for a ban on "Black Biker Week". No such problem in Atlantic Beach, at least nothing that made headline news. I was happy to hear that Atlantic Beach would not buckle under the pressure and has no plans to change for next year's separate but equal bike rally. I just don't get it. We should just have Biker Week or Weeks as an event without the need to say one is for blacks and the other a metaphor of whites only, Harley's. Yesterday at 1:47am . Edited . Like . 1 Rachel Conley It's my understanding that the Sprott House (I believe that is it's historical name - others may know it as the house where Fred Wallace, the piano tuner, lived) was a station in the Underground Railroad as well. I spoke with the new owners within the last couple of years and asked about that. He said that he has found a shallow cave that he thinks most likely was used to hide the slaves. With the property being on the edge of the woods, I think the legend has some credibility to it, especially reading all of this that I didn't know before. Yesterday at 2:01am . Unlike . 2 David Holoweiko yes the Sprott or Wallace house was on the Underground Railroad Yesterday at 7:58am . Unlike . 2 Kath Boyde Very interesting post Yesterday at 8:07am . Unlike . 1 Rachel Conley I grew up in view of that house, and used to deliver papers to Fred. I remember many evenings listening to music waft down on the summer breeze as I played outside. I have always found local history so fascinating. Maybe someone here would have an answer to something I have always wondered - we had a "barn" at the end of our driveway in Darlington. I always imagined that it must have been some sort of carriage house back in the olden days because of it's floor plan. Is there any way to find out? Yesterday at 8:16am . Like David Holoweiko More than likely it was horse and buggy was still used up until the early teens in the country as the roads were so bad in the winter. There were still horses being used even in Beaver Falls. We may have info on the house at the museums . You can talk to Alan Ferguson or private message me the address and I can do some research. Yesterday at 8:23am . Like Robert Giles Any ideas as to why New Brighton came to harbor abolitionist sentiment? Yesterday at 8:31am . Like David Holoweiko there were many Quakers that lived there who opposed slavery Yesterday at 8:47am . Edited . Like David Holoweiko the reason Darlington became so involved was the formation of the Free Presbyterian Church by Rev Arthur Bradford the founder of Greersburg Academy and an ardent abolitionist . Yesterday at 8:47am . Like Robert Giles http://www.bchistory.org/.../Art.../fArthurBradfordRole.html The Role of Arthur Bradford in the Cause: Milestones Special Issue BCHISTORY.ORG Yesterday at 9:10am . Like Michael Laughner Amazing history about the Underground Railroad in BC I did not know about. Thank you for sharing this important information. Yesterday at 9:57am . Like Yesterday at 8:46am . Like Tom Soltes I found this information when I was doing research on our family ancestry. I don't recall ever hearing about this in my school days back in Beaver Falls. I remember learning about Fort Pitt and the revolutionary war but nothing about our own backyard which I have since learned is rich in historical significance. Not all of what I found was pleasant to read. In the 1920's the KKK was attempting to build a strong hold in the western Pennsylvania area. The article below is an incident which occurred in Patterson Township in 1923. Tom Soltes The information above was in a law suit that was filed by the KKK. Here is the link https://casetext.com/.../knights-of-the-ku-klux-klan-v... to the entire decision. The ending of that decision is below. Note that they were not just a racist group. -Of the traditional targets of the Klan -Blacks, Catholics, and Jews it was the Catholics who were perceived as the greatest enemy in the 1920s. "In view of all the facts disclosed by the evidence, the plaintiff corporation, stigmatized as it is by its unlawful acts and conduct, could hardly hope for judicial assistance in a court of the United States, which is highly commissioned to extend to all litigants before it, without distinction of race, creed, color, or condition, those high guarantees of liberty and equality vouchsafed by the Constitution of the United States. A court whose duty it is to recognize and uphold religious freedom as the first fruits of our civilization, to secure to every accused the right to full knowledge of the accusation against him, and a fair and impartial trial of the issue before a jury of his peers; a court which fully recognizes that this is a government of law, and not of men, and that no man shall be deprived of his life, his liberty, or his property without due process of law. This unlawful organization, so destructive of the rights and liberties of the people, has come in vain asking this court of equity for injunctive or other relief. They come with filthy hands and can get no assistance here. Plaintiff's prayers for relief are denied and the bill is dismissed, at the costs of the plaintiff. And now, to wit, April 13, 1928, the foregoing action having come on for hearing on bill and answers and testimony taken, and after argument by counsel, on full consideration thereof, the prayers of plaintiff's bill are denied, and the bill is dismissed, at the plaintiff's costs." KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN v. STRAYER, 26 F.2d 727 (W.D. Pa. 1928) W.F. Zumbrunn, John H. Connaughton, and Benjamin H. Sullivan, all of Washington, D.C., and M.J. Hosack, of Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff. CASETEXT.COM Bottom of Form