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Baltimore, Chesapeake & Richmond Steamboat Co. Annual Pass [154756]

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Baltimore, Chesapeake & Richmond Steamboat Co. Annual Pass [154756]
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120.00USD+ (30.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2023 Mar 30 @ 08:57UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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"York River Line." Pass no. 457, issued for the year 1893 to WE Pearson, president of B&PSS Co. Signed by general manager Foster. Black and red print on blue cardstock. Company name is incorporated into a parchment vignette with ships in the background. Printed by Hosford & Sons. In August 1884, the company was involved in an early Civil Rights lawsuit. A group of African-Americans boarded the company's steamer Sue. The ship's chambermaid told the group that the captain decided they could not occupy the first class cabin because the ship's regulations prohibited African Americans from that part of the vessel. The group protested by staying up all night in the ship's saloon. When they returned to Baltimore. they filed a lawsuit against the Baltimore, Chesapeake, and Richmond Steamboat Company. The judge awarded them a financial compensation.

Date: 1893
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State: Maryland
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