- Collection:
- Volunteer Voices
- Title:
- Charles Eaton in Memphis, TN to John Eaton in Washington, D.C.
- Date of Original:
- 1850/1877
- Subject:
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Tennessee
Violence--Tennessee--History--19th century
Ku Klux Klan (19th century)--Tennessee
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Sharecropping
Civil rights
Politics and government - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, 35.184, -89.8956
United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Charles writes to his brother about the arrest of a member of the Klan and the violence that followed. He describes a very tense and dramatic scene at The Memphis Post that resulted from the report of this arrest. He states his desire to get away from the violence and relocate to the North. The letter is written on letterhead from
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A15422
- 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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