Freedmen Not Yet Free

WS 1865-07-28 Freedmen Not Yet Free p 2, col D.JPG

Title

Freedmen Not Yet Free

Subject

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)

Description

The tone of these brief comments in the Walla Walla Statesman conveys the editor's disapproval of the uncertain situation of these newly-freed slaves, interpreting it as shiftlessness. He has argued, at times, that slavery was preferable to such freedom.

Abstract

The Walla Walla Statesman republishes a comment from back east, that freed black slaves do not yet know that they are free.

Source

Walla Walla Statesman

Publisher

Walla Walla W.T.: R.R. and S.G. Rees

Date Issued

1865-07-28

Medium

Web

Type

article

Bibliographic Citation

Vol. IV, No. 33, p. 2, col. D

Provenance

Washington Secretary of State: Historic Newspapers

URL

http://sos.wa.gov/history/newspapers.aspx

Start Page

2

End Page

2