No negro suffrage and no repudiation.

Item Info

Title:
No negro suffrage and no repudiation.
Date:
June 15, 1865
Description:

  • One-page letter to George Francis Train from John M.S. Williams advocating suffrage for ex-slaves. Train's response is printed below, where he rejects this idea, writing that black men are inferior to educated white women, to Irish workers, and to educated youths. He also questions the ex-slaves' loyalty to the United States.

  • Folder: MA2

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Format:
Language:
English
Extent:
1 scan
Digital Collection:
Broadsides and Ephemera Collection
Catalog Record:
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Rights:
Free Re-Use
No Copyright - United States
Identifier:
  • 990020672290108501
  • duke:466335
  • bdsma20805
  • ark:/87924/r4tm7462p
  • f6cfe796-8eef-4b24-9ba5-564251a82717
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