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Title |
Letter from Samuel Brown to J. A. Turner about "Negroes and Their Treatment in Virginia" |
Dates of Creation |
January 28, 1913 |
Scope & Content |
Letter, written in fading brown cursive ink, from Samuel T. Brown to Mr. J.A. Turner. It discusses the book, "Negroes and Their Treatment in Virginia," just after the Civil War, with the abolishment of slavery, and during Reconstruction, 1865-1867. Mr. Brown writes, "If the negro will stick together as race and love his women and them alone, get true religion, true education, honest money and pains-taking women bear and raise their children, the past will dwindle into insignificance by the light of his future advancement. Now, as to the so-called social equality as the writer said was agitated by some of the negroes and their friend - so called, of the reconstruction period, it was then, is now and ever will be out of harmony with the Divine Plan. The negro that is not satisfied with his own women, finds no satisfaction in himself, therefore he is not only a burden to himself, but a burden to the race." |
Year Range from |
1913 |
Year Range to |
1913 |
Subjects |
Reconstruction Slavery African Americans race [body of people] Civil War |
Search Terms |
slavery reconstruction race treatment |
People |
Turner, J.A. Brown, Samuel T. |
Collection |
Historical Society of Western Virginia |
Imagefile |
069\1966141.JPG |
Number of images |
4 |
Object Name |
Correspondence |
Object ID |
1966.14.1 |
Extent of Description |
4 pages, each 10.375 inches h x 7.75 inches w |