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- GLC#
- GLC02605
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 22 November 1844
- Author/Creator
- Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878
- Title
- to Andrew Jackson
- Place Written
- Columbia, Tennessee
- Pagination
- 4 p. : address : docket ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Concerns the statements of Abbot Lawrence criticizing James Polk's treatment of enslaved people. General Pillow, formerly Polk's law partner, defends Polk. Attests that Polk inherited his enslaved people, treats them well, and has never participated in slave dealing. Relates several accounts of Polk selling enslaved people so they may be with their families. Challenges Lawrence to retract his criticism of Polk.
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