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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05018 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | An Address to the People of the Free States by the President of the Southern Confederacy. [a contemporary fake] |
| Date | 5 January 1863 |
| Author | Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | Contemporary fake on emancipation. Imprint, "Richmond Enquirer Print." A fictitious response of Jefferson Davis to the Emancipation Proclamation, threatening retaliation by enslaving all blacks. It says in part "All negroes who shall be taken in any of the states in which slavery does not now exist, in the progress of our arms, shall be adjudged, immediately after such capture, to occupy the slave status, and in all states which shall be vanquished by our arms, all free negroes shall, ipso facto, be reduced to the condition of helotism...." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Emancipation Emancipation Proclamation Slavery African American History Freemen Prisoner Confederate States of America Confederate General or Leader |
| People | Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) McElroy, Robert (1809-1891) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | First published in 1863 by the Richmond Enquirer. Preliminary research regarding the veracity of the address is inconclusive. Library of Congress notes, "Considered to be a forgery. Cf. McElroy, Robert. Jefferson Davis. New York, Harper & Bros., 1937. Vol I, p. 364 ff." Parrish & Willingham, 1st ed. 916, does not identify as a fake. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |