Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 to Salmon P. Chase re: argument against accepting the negro as an equal
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07680 Author/Creator: Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Place Written: Branford, Connecticut Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1865/05/06 Pagination: 4 p. 25 x 19.8 cm Order a Copy
"I am not yet prepared to receive the Negro on terms of political Equality for the reason that it will arouse passions and predjudices of the North, which...might rekindle the war whose fires are now dying out and by skillful management may be kept down." Written aboard the Steamer "Russia" in Branford Harbor.
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