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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04703.12 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Nicholas A. Dederer, E company, 114th regiment, New York, infantry |
| Title | Nicholas A. Dederer to Peter B. Rathbone, discussing how the sugar season is coming to an end |
| Date | 17 November 1863 |
| Author | Dederer, Nicholas A. (fl. 1862-1863) |
| Recipient | Rathbone, Peter B. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | "A man in charge of a gang of Negroes at work on the Levee Shot a Negro and then came over here to deliver himself up to me . . . . [T]he only offense of the Negro was that he refused to work . . . ." Also writes that sugar season is coming to an end and he fears that the blacks will be forced to steal once they become unemployed. He promises to send sugar and molasses home. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Agriculture and Animal Husbandry African American History Contrabands Crime Criminals and Outlaws Death Labor |
| People | Dederer, Nicholas A. (fl. 1862-1863) Rathbone, Peter B. (fl. 1862-1863) |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Agriculture; African Americans; Law |
| 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 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Son |
| Civil War: Unit | 114th Regiment, New York, infantry, E company |