Seddon, James A. (James Alexander) (1815-1880) to Thomas Hill Watts
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01925 Author/Creator: Seddon, James A. (James Alexander) (1815-1880) Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Letter signed Date: 31 January 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 25.8 x 20.1 cm. Order a Copy
Seddon, Confederate Secretary of War, writes to Watts, Confederate Attorney General. Seddon states, "You are respectfully informed in reply to the applications of D H Parker submitted by you, that the Exemption Act has not embraced overseers of negro hounds among the exemptions and the Department cannot supply the omission."
"Negro hounds" were dogs kept by slave masters to hunt runaway slaves.
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