Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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Page 117
... Negroes.1 " " 12 Butler's " Negro letters " delighted the abolitionists . Lewis Tappan , one of the founders of the American Anti - Slavery So- ciety , wrote on behalf of several " friends of liberty and benevo- lents [ sic ] ...
... Negroes.1 " " 12 Butler's " Negro letters " delighted the abolitionists . Lewis Tappan , one of the founders of the American Anti - Slavery So- ciety , wrote on behalf of several " friends of liberty and benevo- lents [ sic ] ...
Page 166
... Negroes to return to work for masters who had , or claimed they had , re- mained loyal to the Union . At first most Negroes were unwilling to do this . On being assured by Butler that they would not lose any rights or benefits that ...
... Negroes to return to work for masters who had , or claimed they had , re- mained loyal to the Union . At first most Negroes were unwilling to do this . On being assured by Butler that they would not lose any rights or benefits that ...
Page 184
... Negroes had become a settled policy of the federal government and issued a general or- der concerning the treatment of colored troops in his department . His aims were to prevent as many Negroes as possible from be- coming charges upon ...
... Negroes had become a settled policy of the federal government and issued a general or- der concerning the treatment of colored troops in his department . His aims were to prevent as many Negroes as possible from be- coming charges upon ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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