Van Wyck, C.H. Untitled
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09325 Author/Creator: Van Wyck, C.H. Place Written: s.l. Type: Broadside Date: 15 July 1865 Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy
Brig. Gen. commanding Military District of Western South Carolina during the Southern Occupation period, orders equal rights for the newly freed black population. Recounts incidents of abuse of freedmen and threatens punishment if such acts continue: "Like offences will be severely punished some very wicked men by disregarding the rights of the freedmen render necessary the presence of military power to prevent that which they ought not do however obnoxious it may be, every man is free and must be treated as such you cannot expect the sudden change in your system of labor to work smoothly."
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