Pay for the Freed Negroes
Summary
We ask the Union men of Washington County to oppose a constitutional convention that will force non-slaveholding citizens to pay for the freed slaves from the former slaveholding counties. The “Swannites” hope to reduce the representation of Baltimore city and increase that of the small, former slaveholding counties in the convention, so that they can more easily enact their agenda.
Article Source
Newspaper: The Herald and Torch Light
Publication Date: January 16th, 1867
Page/Column: 2D
Town: Hagerstown, MD
County: Washington
Subjects
- Politics
- African Americans
- Aftermath of War / Reconstruction
