Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893 to William Martin Dickson
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05872 Author/Creator: Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893 Place Written: Lowell, Massachusetts Type: Letter signed Date: 15 August 1865 Pagination: 7 p. : Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy
Butler, a Union General and Radical Republican, discusses Jacob Dolson Cox's views on creating separate states for former slaves. Informs Dickson, a Republican judge and political figure in Ohio, that "The supposition that the negro can be segregated on a given portion of this country apart from the white man in a separate community occupying a part of our Sea Board, whether as a dependency or an independency, to say nothing of constitutional objections is simply absurd ..." Discusses pride of race, the failings of Native American reservations in Georgia, and the views of Clement Laird Vallandigham, a former Ohio Congressman. Spells Dickson's name as Dixon.
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