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Item Description

Title: William C. Holbrook to Frederick Holbrook

Author

• Holbrook, William Cune, 1842-1904

Recipient

• Holbrook, Frederick

Source Document

Description

Topics include returning to Baton Rouge and the comforts that came with this move, expresses his decided opinion on the ramifications of releasing “unlettered Negroes” (i.e. slaves), feels the blacks are well enough cared for in general, speaks against blacks as a possible fighting force, the treatment of the slaves who enter Union lines by the Union soldiers, feels politicians need to experience first hand the habits of black slaves of the south and not hold such lofty ideals, the attempted “cut off” of the Mississippi River by the Union, and the death of W. C. Holbrook’s grandfather.

Genre(s): correspondence

Subject/topic

• Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• African Americans
• Military camps -- Louisiana
• Families of military personnel
• Slaves
• Racism

Language(s): English

Note [Digital Version]

2011-05-10, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Type of Resource: text

Parent Collections

• Vermonters in the Civil War
• William C. Holbrook Correspondence

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