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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07680 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | William Sherman to Salmon P. Chase re: argument against accepting the negro as an equal |
| Date | 6 May 1865 |
| Author | Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) |
| Recipient | Chase, Salmon P. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | "I am not yet prepared to receive the Negro on terms of political Equality for the reason that it will arouse passions and predjudices of the North, which...might rekindle the war whose fires are now dying out and by skillful management may be kept down." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union General Union Forces Reconstruction African American History Politics US Constitutional Amendment |
| Place written | Stmr. Russia, Branford Harbor |
| Theme | African Americans; Government & Politics; The American Civil War; Reconstruction |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |