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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05987.14 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Confederate Imprints and Broadsides |
| Title | To the planters and slave-owners of Louisiana |
| Date | 29 October 1864 |
| Author | Allen, Henry Watkins (1820-1866) |
| Document Type | Broadside; Government document |
| Content Description | Allen, Governor of Louisiana, implores slave owners to loan their slaves to construct fortifications on the Red River. Promises, "Your negroes will be well treated and well fed. They will be required to labor but sixty days, at the expiration of which time they will be dismissed and returned to their homes... Unless the negroes are promptly sent forward, they will be impressed -- the country must be defended." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America African American History Slavery Fortification Labor Conscription |
| People | Allen, Henry Watkins (1820-1866) |
| Place written | Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Allen was Governor of Louisiana 1864-1865. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |