To the United Daughters of the Southern Confederacy

Item Information

• Description
  Circular letter including preamble and resolutions presented by Mrs. M. A. Lipscomb before the State Convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, which met in Athens, Ga., October 11-13. Letter argues that the government should pay for slaves freed under the Emancipation Proclamation. Resolutions defend slavery by citing the ruling in the Dred Scott case and state that "in the issue of the war between the states, the principles of justice ... have been misapplied and violated."

• Item ID
  bdsga40391
• Source Collection
  Broadsides and Ephemera Collection
• Spatial Coverage
  United States
  Georgia
  Clarke County (Ga.)
  Athens (Ga.)
• Language
  eng
• Title
  To the United Daughters of the Southern Confederacy
• Extent
  4 scans
• Date
  1896
• Folder
  GA4
• Type
  Text
  circular letters
• Subject
  Race relations
  Slavery
  Women
  Politics and government

• Copyright & Usage
  None