- Collection:
- Volunteer Voices
- Title:
- Barbour Lewis in Memphis, TN to General John Eaton in Nashville, TN
- Date of Original:
- 1850/1877
- Subject:
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Tennessee
Violence--Tennessee--History--19th century
Elections--United States--1868
Ku Klux Klan (19th century)--Tennessee
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Sharecropping
Politics and government
Civil rights
African Americans - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, 35.184, -89.8956 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Lewis laments the physical danger that face Unionists. He suggests fighting back against the "Ku Klux." Lewis also discusses political difficulties and who will win the African-American vote.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A15427
- 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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