Report of the Joint Select Committee to Inquire Into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States, So Far as Regards the Execution of the Laws, and Safety of the Lives and Property of the Citizens of the United States and Testimony Taken: Testimony taken by the committee (June 2-Nov. 11, 1871) AlabamaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1872 - Reconstruction |
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... arm— my left arm ; there is the hole* in the forearm, [exhibiting the arm, which showed a scar.] By the Chairman : Question. Was this in the night-time ? Answer. Yes, sir. Question. How late was it ? Answer. I reckon it was a little ...
... arm— my left arm ; there is the hole* in the forearm, [exhibiting the arm, which showed a scar.] By the Chairman : Question. Was this in the night-time ? Answer. Yes, sir. Question. How late was it ? Answer. I reckon it was a little ...
Page 676
... arms were cut and slit up too. By Mr. Buckley : Question. Did you say his feet were cut ? □ Ansiver. The bottom of his feet were split open and the bottom of his heel was split. Mr. Tom Green here was one of the grand jury that ...
... arms were cut and slit up too. By Mr. Buckley : Question. Did you say his feet were cut ? □ Ansiver. The bottom of his feet were split open and the bottom of his heel was split. Mr. Tom Green here was one of the grand jury that ...
Page 678
... arms about your house at the time of this occurrence ? Answer. No, sir ; not a thing. I was living there just as quiet and peaceable as any neighbor or citizen could live ; no black person but me lived there. They had run all the rest ...
... arms about your house at the time of this occurrence ? Answer. No, sir ; not a thing. I was living there just as quiet and peaceable as any neighbor or citizen could live ; no black person but me lived there. They had run all the rest ...
Page 680
... arms and beat me out in the road, and made me run about half a mile. Question. Had you any arms in the house ? Ansiver. No, sir. Question. Who were in the house when they came there ? Answer. James Ford and Margaret Ford and Aaron Ford ...
... arms and beat me out in the road, and made me run about half a mile. Question. Had you any arms in the house ? Ansiver. No, sir. Question. Who were in the house when they came there ? Answer. James Ford and Margaret Ford and Aaron Ford ...
Page 681
... arms ? Answer. Yes, sir; right hack in this way, [illustrating,] and chained them hack, and they run the chain across my hack and looped it in each arm, and made me run about half a mile, to where they whipped me. Question. Had you your ...
... arms ? Answer. Yes, sir; right hack in this way, [illustrating,] and chained them hack, and they run the chain across my hack and looped it in each arm, and made me run about half a mile, to where they whipped me. Question. Had you your ...
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