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5 September 1863

Stickney, Latta & Reed, 1863

Newspaper

Title: Free South. [Vol. 1, no. 35 (September 5, 1863)]

Union occupation newspaper, with content relating to emancipation and African American troops. The arrest and court martial of a soldier who referred to the 3rd USCT as "Nigger Regiment." Using the programs in Delaware and Missouri as examples of how to institute compensated emancipation. Also includes updates on the bombardments of Fort Sumter and Charleston, South Carolina (citizens "flying in terror").

GLC06107.31

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