- Collection:
- Volunteer Voices
- Title:
- L.B. Eaton in Memphis, TN to John Eaton in Washington, D.C.
- Date of Original:
- 1865/1950
1850/1877 - Subject:
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Tennessee
Violence--Tennessee--History--19th century
Federal government
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Sharecropping
Politics and government
Civil rights - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Fayette County, 35.19708, -89.41437
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- L.B. Eaton gives a detailed account of a murder in Somerville and a conflict between the U.S. government and the state government which grew out of the arrest of the murderer. L.B. tells how he prevented violence between state and federal authorities by rushing troops to Somerville and arresting all the offenders.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A12444
- 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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