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Collection Reference Number GLC05987.28
From Archive Folder Collection of Confederate Imprints and Broadsides 
Title To the People of the state of Louisiana
Date ca. 1860
Author Taylor, Richard (1826-1879)  
Document Type Broadside
Content Description Pro-secession broadside issued by Confederate General Richard Taylor, F.H. Hatch, R.A. Hunter, and Emile Lasere, as the Committee on the part of the Louisiana Delegation at Charleston and Baltimore. Discusses preserving the sovereignty of Louisiana, the Democratic candidates for the 1860 election, the state of politics in Louisiana, and the importance of protecting the institution of slavery. Published by order of the Democratic State Committee. Accompanied by collateral envelope "F. H. Hutch to R. Taylor Esq., St. Charles, New Orleans Aug. 29, 1860."
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Confederate States of America  Democratic Party  President  Slavery  Secession  Confederate General or Leader  Government and Civics  Politics  Election  African American History  
People Taylor, Richard (1826-1879)  
Place written New Orleans, Louisiana
Theme Slavery & Abolition; Government & Politics; African Americans; The Presidency
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information The Democratic party in 1860 was deeply divided over the issue of slavery, and southern Democrats walked out of the conventions at Charleston and Baltimore, resulting in the nomination of the northerner's choice for president, Stephen A. Douglas. By the end of the year, 20 December, the South Carolina convention had passed an ordinance of secession. Parrish & Willingham 10004.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945