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James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown 1,857 43 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 250 2 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 242 6 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 138 2 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3 129 1 Browse Search
Wendell Phillips, Theodore C. Pease, Speeches, Lectures and Letters of Wendell Phillips: Volume 1 126 0 Browse Search
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life 116 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 116 6 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 114 0 Browse Search
Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall) 89 3 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: February 24, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
Negro soldiers — the question disposed of. The Confederate Senate, on yesterday, removed the injunction of secrecy from the proceedings on the Senate bill, introduced by Mr. Brown, of Mississippi, to provide for raising two hundred thousand negro troops. It appears that the bill was lost in the Senate on Tuesday, the 21st instant, by a vote of eleven to ten. Those who voted for an indefinite postponement of the bill — which amounts to its defeat — were Messrs. Baker, Barnwell, Caperton,n, Garland, Graham, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Missouri, Maxwell, Orr and Wigfall. Those who voted in the negative were Messrs. Brown, Burnett, Haynes, Henry, Oldham, Semmes, Simms, Vest, Walker and Watson. In official circles, this is considered as disposing of the question of putting negro soldiers into our armies finally. The House negro soldier bill, which is very similar to the Senate bill, has not been, and it is now believed will not be, acted upon by the Sen
The Daily Dispatch: February 24, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
proposed anti-slavery amendment and the bill now under consideration. The latter, he argued, was based on the false assumption that the States in rebellion are out of the Union. Mr. Blow, of Missouri, spoke in favor of emancipation, and of its beneficial effects upon the country; but as to the question of suffrage, his State must be left to settle it in her own way, and he was content that Louisiana and Arkansas should have the same privilege. Mr. Edgerton, of Indiana, said that John Brown received more respect in this House than the patriotic men who made our system of Government, and bequeathed it to us as a priceless heritage. He remarked he had always been an anti-slavery man, but the bill before the House failed to commend itself to his approbation, on the ground of constitutionality, policy and expediency. Miscellaneous. Thirteen regiments of cavalry are to be raised in Missouri, and the draft thereby averted. The Confederates are reported to be purchasi