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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09411 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Letter about avoiding conscription ... |
| Date | 21 August 1865 |
| Author | Bryan, L.W. (fl. 1865) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Leon County, Texas man writes about avoiding conscription and slaves being told of their freedom. "When I reached Palestine [Texas] last July a year ago, the conscript officer of that place notified me to take my place in the army or he should instantly conscript me…Hundreds of white men here are continually talking to negroes about there being free and fools to work for their former owners...the negro will never work for pay as he would through fear of the lash…" |
| Subjects | Conscription Texas Emancipation Slavery African American History Freemen Confederate States of America Reconstruction Military History |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Reconstruction |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |