![]() ![]() ![]() Owens, a minister who edited the Baptist Pioneer and who also wrote for papers in Montgomery and Birmingham.įrederick I. The Register also employed the talents of some African American writers as special correspondents, including A. Toward the end of the nineteenth century, however, the paper employed a number of white women, including Anne Bozeman Lyon, who wrote short stories with a regional flavor. For the most part, white men filled these jobs. The widening scope of news required the work of many writers. On the issue of race, Craighead's views reflected white paternalism toward African Americans. Craighead championed a number of reforms, many of them lead by his wife Lura, that included the placement of delinquent teens in a detention home instead of jail. For the next 28 years, many Mobilians thought of Craighead as the voice of the newspaper. Within a few years, Craighead became the vice president of the paper and also took over as chief editorial writer. Craighead to direct the expanding news coverage of the Register. ![]() Like many other businesses at the end of the nineteenth century, newspaper publishing had grown into a major enterprise that required professional business managers and accountants as well as reporters and editors. He remained involved with the Register until his death in 1877, which marked the end of an era of highly personal and political journalism at the newspaper. ![]() After the Civil War, Forsyth opposed Congressional Reconstruction and supported white supremacy. During the Civil War, Forsyth organized some of the best reporters in the South to cover the war for the Register, and sometimes did reporting himself. After Alabama and other southern states formed the Confederacy, Forsyth served as one of three Confederate peace commissioners to the Lincoln administration. Douglas, who learned of his loss to Abraham Lincoln in the Register's office. In the presidential election of 1860, Forsyth campaigned for Stephen A. He also took an active part in politics, serving as an alderman and mayor of Mobile, a state legislator, and U.S. Forsyth supported states' rights as a way to protect slavery. Family ties helped connect Forsyth to the Democratic Party and national politics, and the Register served as his voice on many of the most important issues of his day. In 1837, Sanford sold the Register to John Forsyth Jr., who is perhaps the most well-known and controversial of the paper's many editors and owners. ![]()
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