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Letter describing slaves crossing lines at night and getting a 'piece of cold lead'
- Title:
- Letter describing slaves crossing lines at night and getting a 'piece of cold lead'
- Collection:
- The Gail and Stephen Rudin Collection on Slavery in America
- Creator:
- David W. Poak
- Addressee:
- SJ Poak
- Date:
- 1862-09-10
- Site:
- Jackson, Tennessee
- Location:
- Jackson, Tennessee
- ID Number:
- RMM04681_0393
- Accession Number:
- Rudin # S - 393
- Collection Number:
- 4681
- File Name:
- RMM04681_0393.pdf
- Work Type:
- letters (correspondence)
- Measurement:
- 7.75 x 9.75 (inches)
- Description:
- "Niggers"…cross lines at night and frequently "get a piece of cold lead"
- Cite As:
- Gail and Stephen Rudin Slavery Collection, #4681. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Gail and Stephen Rudin slavery collection
- Series:
- Series VI: Letters
- Box:
- 3
- Folder:
- 33
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Rudin Slavery Collection (aka Gail and Stephen Rudin Slavery Collection, #4681. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections) is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of its creation date, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright]. For more information about these volumes, please contact the Rare and Manuscript Collections at rareref@cornell.edu. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
