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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Page 675
... hear what they would do ; for if they killed him I wanted to find him. There they stripped him naked. I was close enough to hear him, as they were going up, when he told th#m, " Oh ! gentlemen, you all carrying me along, and here are ...
... hear what they would do ; for if they killed him I wanted to find him. There they stripped him naked. I was close enough to hear him, as they were going up, when he told th#m, " Oh ! gentlemen, you all carrying me along, and here are ...
Page 678
... hear of black people being whipped by men in disguise ? Answer. Yes, sir, and white men too. Mr. Harrison, Mr. Wallace's brother-in-law, a white man and a Union man, was taken out and whipped badly and treated awfully, and then they ...
... hear of black people being whipped by men in disguise ? Answer. Yes, sir, and white men too. Mr. Harrison, Mr. Wallace's brother-in-law, a white man and a Union man, was taken out and whipped badly and treated awfully, and then they ...
Page 679
... hear the doctor say what was the cause of his death ? Answer. I heard him say, down there in the court-house, that ... hear of a human being being cut up in that way. I can't bear to hear that now ; let me study on it a while and get my ...
... hear the doctor say what was the cause of his death ? Answer. I heard him say, down there in the court-house, that ... hear of a human being being cut up in that way. I can't bear to hear that now ; let me study on it a while and get my ...
Page 682
... hear of these men whipping a democratic negro ? Answer. No, sir. I never heard of their whipping a democrat. Question. Have you heard of any other cases of whipping up there ? Answer. Well, sir, I heard they whipped old man Wesley ...
... hear of these men whipping a democratic negro ? Answer. No, sir. I never heard of their whipping a democrat. Question. Have you heard of any other cases of whipping up there ? Answer. Well, sir, I heard they whipped old man Wesley ...
Page 687
... hear the truth, to find out who is the best man to vote for, and I am up before you and I don't want any sinking Peter or doubting Thomas, although we all doubt, but look for the future that is coming on before you. I said, remember you ...
... hear the truth, to find out who is the best man to vote for, and I am up before you and I don't want any sinking Peter or doubting Thomas, although we all doubt, but look for the future that is coming on before you. I said, remember you ...
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