Falsehoods Corrected
Summary
Republication of material from the Baltimore American regarding false reports by "some scribbler for the Herald." A planter of Prince Edward Co., Virginia objected to the reporting that people of that county and other "Southside" Virginia counties anticipated insurrections and other acts of violence by freedmen at Christmas. The planter says this was absolutely false and that friendship existed among blacks and whites there. There was less drinking and better behavior than on previous occasions. Liberal contracts for farm labor in 1868 have been drawn up with the freedmen and it is hoped that there will be no interference from politicians and others. The Baltimore American states that the false information had been published in the Gazette, the Sun and other Democratic papers in Baltimore. Now it remains to be seen whether those papers will correct the misinformation.
Article Source
Newspaper: The Herald and Torch Light
Publication Date: January 22nd, 1868
Page/Column: 1G
Town: Hagerstown, MD
County: Washington
Subjects
- Aftermath of War / Reconstruction
- Civil Liberties
