Hale, Aurelia, 1798-? to Horatio Hale

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GLC#
GLC08934.019
Type
Letters
Date
05 May 1826
Author/Creator
Hale, Aurelia, 1798-?
Title
to Horatio Hale
Place Written
Augusta, Georgia
Pagination
4 p. : address : Height: 21 cm, Width: 25.5 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Slavery & Anti-slavery

This letter to her brother may have gotten wet at some point, because much of the text is blurred and difficult to read. She mentions concerns about "negroes" several times during the letter, saying that an area which she traveled to (the name is obscured by water damage) had a very different culture than Savannah and Augusta. She describes many of the people wearing little or no clothing, and compares the fervor with which residents hunt runaway slaves to fox hunting, also saying that it is a "common amusement." She also mentions is being unsafe to travel late in the evening "on account of the negroes."

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