- Collection:
- Volunteer Voices
- Title:
- Samuel Thomas in Vicksburg, MS to John Eaton in Washington, D.C.
- Date of Original:
- 1850/1877
- Subject:
- Racism--1860-1870
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Sharecropping
Civil rights
Social reform movements
Politics and government
Ku Klux Klan (19th century) - People:
- Sharkey, William L. (William Lewis), 1797-1873
Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894 - Location:
- United States, Arkansas, 34.75037, -92.50044
United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898
United States, Tennessee, Washington County, 36.2933, -82.49743 - Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Discussion of Thomas` arrest of a wealthy farmer for the murder of his Negro servant and the protest raised by the white people of Vicksburg against this action.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A12371
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Digital Collection: The Growth of Democracy in Tennessee: A Grassroots Approach to Volunteer Voices
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
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