Title
Gen Sherman on Negro Suffrage
Subject
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Description
U.S. Army General William Tecumseh Sherman, an active and successful Civil War military leader, is here quoted as doubtful that freed black slaves have the ability to exercise the franchise. He also suggests that a system of labor be established in the south, to compensate the former slaves, but assure the harvesting of crops and - therefore - the reconstruction of the southern economy.
Abstract
The Walla Walla Statesman reports a summary of the postwar racial views of U.S. Army General William Tecumseh Sherman.
Creator
Gen Sherman
Source
Walla Walla Statesman
Publisher
Walla Walla W.T.: R.R. and S.G. Rees
Date Issued
1865-09-15
Contributor
Speech in Chicago
Medium
Web
Type
article
Bibliographic Citation
Vol. IV, No. 40, p. 1, col. F
Provenance
Washington Secretary of State: Historic Newspapers
URL
http://sos.wa.gov/history/newspapers.aspx
Start Page
1
End Page
1