Civil Rights in Petersville District with a Vengeance
Summary
Letter to the Examiner from "Burkittsville" telling the story of a white man who applied to vote and initially was refused because he once discouraged a Negro from becoming a soldier. The letter writer says the Register then took the oath of a Negro regarding the incident. The Register, after hearing the Negro's testimony, reversed his decision and granted voting privileges to the white man who had been denied them the year before. The writer is dismayed that Negro testimony has thus enabled another "rebel" vote and that the testimony of a Negro was allowed to supersede the testimony of the white man which would have denied that vote.
Article Source
Newspaper: The Frederick Examiner
Publication Date: October 31st, 1866
Page/Column: 2G
Town: Frederick, MD
County: Frederick
Subjects
- Civil Liberties
- Aftermath of War / Reconstruction
- African Americans
