Online access and copy requests are not available for this item. You may request to be notified of when this becomes available digitally.
- GLC#
- GLC07680
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1865/05/06
- Author/Creator
- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
- Title
- to Salmon P. Chase re: argument against accepting the negro as an equal
- Place Written
- Branford, Connecticut
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
"I am not yet prepared to receive the Negro on terms of political Equality for the reason that it will arouse passions and predjudices of the North, which...might rekindle the war whose fires are now dying out and by skillful management may be kept down." Written aboard the Steamer "Russia" in Branford Harbor.
Citation Guidelines for Online Resources
- Copyright Notice
- The copyright law of the United States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.