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Smith, Martin, fl. 1863 to Mother

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09189 Author/Creator: Smith, Martin, fl. 1863 Place Written: s.l. Type: Letter signed Date: 20 December 1863 Pagination: 4 p. : Order a Copy

A Southerner writing about "Divine Institution of Negro Slavery" and "old Abe and his abolition crew."

Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Abolition
Reform Movement
Presidents
Religion
Confederate States of America
The American Civil War

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