Gibson, Tobias, fl. 1861-1865 to Sarah [Gibson] Humphreys
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04501.097 Author/Creator: Gibson, Tobias, fl. 1861-1865 Place Written: Oak Forest, [LA] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 August 1864 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy
He writes that "The blacks are getting worse every day & at the end of this year I think they will be intolerable on account of bad work and the condition of the crops. I told them they must work on Saturday evening last - but they would not do it, and a dozen of the best men, Wesley at the head, went off to Thibodeux (wouldn't go to Capt Lee) and last night got back with a paper from Genl Cameron requiring them [2] to go to work till the Provost Marshall had investigated the matter..." He believes that he will lose half his cotton crop. He notes that Southern feelings will become more bitter as the war becomes more desperate. Also: "there is to be another call on our plantations for cold. soldiers. How many will be taken can not be told at present but we shall soon know. The demand for labor [inserted: will be so great] another year that no large plantations can be carried on at the price that will rule..."
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