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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08967 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Edward Tatum to Charles Albert Tatum regarding the New York Draft Riots |
| Date | 23 July 1863 |
| Author | Tatum, Edward (1821-1883) |
| Recipient | Tatum, Charles Albert |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses "fearfull times in N.Y." during the New York Draft Riots, which had just occurred ten days earlier. Discusses an attempted robbery at a friend's house, but says the "most wicked & fearful part" of the riots "was the ill treatment of the poor colored people, several of whom were murdered by hanging & other means." Written to his son. |
| Subjects | Slavery Draft Riots Mobs and Riots Conscription Military History Civil War Union Forces African American History Crime Death Lynching |
| People | Tatum, Edward (1821-1883) Tatum, Charles Albert (d. 1920) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | African Americans; The American Civil War |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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