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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00657 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 |
| Title | Hinton Rowan Helper to John Sherman concerning slavery in the South |
| Date | 4 February 1860 |
| Author | Helper, Hinton Rowan (1829-1906) |
| Recipient | Sherman, John |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Helper, a Unionist and anti-slavery North Carolinian, writes to Sherman, an Ohio congressman, about his opposition to slavery as a "Southern Republican." Discusses his controversial book, 'The Impending Crisis of the South.' Writes "For good or for evil, the result of my labor in that regard is now before the public, and in the desire always to know and perform my duty I am not, in this matter, moved to any apology or regret whatever. As a Southern Republican, as far from apologizing for my opposition to slavery where it does exist (as well as where it has no existence) I frankly and fearlessly avow... heretofore, that I am not a whit less hostile to slavery in the States, than I am to it in the territories. Thank God, the monster has been most effectually squelched in Kansas, and I hope to live to see the day when it shall be thoroughly throttled in Carolina." |
| Subjects | African American History Civil War Republican Party Politics Abolition Slavery Literature and Language Arts |
| People | Helper, Hinton Rowan (1829-1909) Sherman, John (1823-1900) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Government & Politics; Arts & Literature; The American Civil War |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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