Explains that the condition of the freed negroes in the Mississippi Valley is worsening daily and that if it does not improve the freed slaves might want to 'return to slavery, to avoid the hardships of freedom;' requests permission and authority to extend their work to the suffering freed people, explaining that it would be an act of philanthropy and of patriotism because it would lessen the difficulties of emancipation and aid in the crushing of the rebellion. Title: Circular letter of the Western Sanitary Commission, St. Louis, to President Abraham Lincoln, November 6, 1863 . 6 November 18
Explains that the condition of the freed negroes in the Mississippi Valley is worsening daily and that if it does not improve the freed slaves might want to 'return to slavery, to avoid the hardships of freedom;' requests permission and authority to extend their work to the suffering freed people, explaining that it would be an act of philanthropy and of patriotism because it would lessen the difficulties of emancipation and aid in the crushing of the rebellion. Title: Circular letter of the Western Sanitary Commission, St. Louis, to President Abraham Lincoln, November 6, 1863 . 6 November 1863. Yeatman, James E., 1818-1901
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Keywords: african_americans, civil_war, clubs_organizations, slavery
