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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02713 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Gideon Welles letter regarding the suffrage and governmental representation of freed slaves [incomplete] |
| Date | ca. 1866 |
| Author | Welles, Gideon (1802-1878) |
| Recipient | Unknown |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Welles, United States Secretary of the Navy, writes to an unknown recipient regarding the suffrage and governmental representation of freed slaves. States "But Slavery has been abolished ... not by the voluntary act of the States in which it existed, but by the events of the War, and it is now proposed by those who have overthrown 'the institution' in these states to deprive them their due ... representation according to population unless the blacks are enfranchised." Only page three of this document survives. |
| Subjects | African American History Slavery Lincoln Assassination Civil War American Statesmen Confederate States of America Emancipation Reconstruction Suffrage Law Civil Rights |
| People | Welles, Gideon (1802-1878) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | Reconstruction; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Welles, who in 1856 helped establish The Hartford Evening Press (a Connecticut newspaper), was known for his opposition to slavery. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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