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to Laura Jackson Arnold re: secession and preservation of the Union

"But if after we have done all that we can do for an honorable preservation of the Union, there shall be a determination on our part by the free states to deprive us of our rights which the fair interpretation of the constitution... guarantees to us...

GLC07079

to John J. Pettus

Writes to the Governor of Mississippi about Rankin county, Mississippi, which is in very bad condition due to a lack of able bodied men. They fear a slave uprising. "In our county the able bodied men have been so reduced by volunteering and...

GLC07082.03

to master re: slave inquiring about health of wife and other family members

Written on blue paper by a slave (probably traveling with Confederate officer) to his master. Location name is illegible

GLC07049

re: Reconstruction, illustrated letter

Letter illustrated with two stick figures on p. 4 (one, shouldering a gun, and one waving a flag) that talks about the end of the war and mentions "Killing Niggers"; "Oh what a happy time it will be for me when we pack our knapsacks for the last...

GLC07064.01

to William Green re: Texas land deals

"The public lands...will be such as a capitalist could purchase to advantage...certainly a good investment unless the abolition questions should affect it."

GLC07141.02

to Chandler re: firing black servant, William Barnes

Discusses the firing of his black servant for drunkeness; also mentions recommending him for employment. Chandler was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

GLC07023

Recruitment flyer by Supervisory Committee on Enlistments for Colored Regts.

Printed letter addressed to "Men of Color"

GLC07017

An Appeal to the colored voters of Hart County [with Clabe Garvin]

Issued by 2 black men (Wood and Clabe Garvin) from Bowling Green, Ky., who claimed to be falsely imprisoned because they refused to vote for a klansman. Unevenly inked.

GLC07018

to Alexander Stephens

"I much rather be at home waiting on your company than be here at this hateful school." Written by Fannie, an ex-slave of Stevens while attending the Normal School at Atlanta University, in Georgia.

GLC07019

Urging support of Thirteenth Amendment

Includes ANS by Ashley: "Don't you know of one 'sinner' among the opposition who is on praying ground?"

GLC07033.01