Greeley's letter on the capabilities of African-Americans... Andersonville Prison Trial...
Item # 726032
August 26, 1865
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 26, 1865 The most historically significant content is the intriguing letter on page 4: "A Letter To the Hon. A. O. P. Nicholson", signed in type: H. G., for Horace Greeley.
Following the end of the Civil War, this discussion addressed the physical, intellectual, and emotional condition of African Americans now that they were free. The exchange with Nicholson, often framed around discussions published in the New York Tribune, involved continued white fascination with analyzing, categorizing, and, in some cases, questioning the capabilities of African Americans in the post-emancipation era.
This very notable letter is likely only found in the Tribune, Greeley's newspaper.
Additionally, the top of the front page has column heads: "Andersonville" "The Trial of Wirz" "Dr. Bates Testimony Resumed" "Evidence of a Loyal Physician" "Sickening Details of Rebel Barbarities" "A Prisoner Killed by a Bloodhound" "Wirz Knocks a Man Down & Stamps on Him".
Eight pages, very nice condition.
Following the end of the Civil War, this discussion addressed the physical, intellectual, and emotional condition of African Americans now that they were free. The exchange with Nicholson, often framed around discussions published in the New York Tribune, involved continued white fascination with analyzing, categorizing, and, in some cases, questioning the capabilities of African Americans in the post-emancipation era.
This very notable letter is likely only found in the Tribune, Greeley's newspaper.
Additionally, the top of the front page has column heads: "Andersonville" "The Trial of Wirz" "Dr. Bates Testimony Resumed" "Evidence of a Loyal Physician" "Sickening Details of Rebel Barbarities" "A Prisoner Killed by a Bloodhound" "Wirz Knocks a Man Down & Stamps on Him".
Eight pages, very nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War




