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Andersonville Prison Trial... Captain Wirz...
Andersonville Prison Trial... Captain Wirz...
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August 26, 1865
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, August 26, 1865
* Andersonville prison trial
* Henry Wirz
The top of the front page has one column headings: "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".
But perhaps the most intriguing content is on page 4, containing: "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.
Complete with 8 pages, uncut and unbound (uncommon), minimal wear, nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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