to Nancy E. Jones

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865 to Nancy E. Jones

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GLC#
GLC02739.064-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
7 August 1863
Author/Creator
Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865
Title
to Nancy E. Jones
Place Written
Tullahoma, Tennessee
Pagination
10 p. : envelope
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Mentions that he has atteneded prayer meetings led by Black church members. Refers to the educational disaparity between Black and White children. Writes, "if they had the schooling and chance that we have they could take care of their selves and be a smart people….You may believe evry word of uncle tom's cabin." Mentions befriending a Black enslaved boy who described how "his master would make him and al his hands work hard al day from daylight until dark and then he would have them tied up and have them whipped until they became al al bludy and raw from head to foot and then rub salt all over them and let them go." He hopes that "slavery will be wiped out now forever."

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