Word: blackmen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...California by the southern route, almost died of starvation while some of his guides nibbled a human body. That was in 1849 when "time was worth fifty dollars a minute," but Frémont did not know it. He arrived in California to find gold-mad whitemen, redmen, yellowmen, blackmen, and himself the owner of the golden Mariposa veins. His wife came by boat and soon their home was filled with "hundred-pound buckskin sacks, worth not far from $25,000 each." California's richest man and most popular idol, Frémont was elected U. S. Senator...
...Blackmen, thanking the commission for listening so patiently, bowed their way out the door...
Last week in Miami, Fla., blackmen shook their heads, "reckoned they couldn't find no way to vote no-how." Miami's 40,000 Negroes never fret much about white men's elections, but somehow they had, counted on marking crosses on nice new ballots in the April elections. A committee of three leading citizens of the black belt, suave in manner, impeccable in dress, called on the city commission. The Hannibal of the trio made a dignified advance. He said...
...Nickname given him because he led the exceptionally brave blackmen of the 10th U. S. Cavalry at Santiago...