Petition of Residents of Lunenburg County to Governor Francis H. Pierpont

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Lunenburg County Petition_1865_transcription.pdf

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Title

Petition of Residents of Lunenburg County to Governor Francis H. Pierpont

Subject

African Americans, military service, race relations

Description

For several months after the end of the war, the army stationed soldiers, including African Americans, throughout Virginia to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation and protect the freedpeople. White Lunenburg County residents petitioned Governor Pierpont to remove the African American troops who had been quartered at the county seat, because their presence was "repugnant and humiliating to our feelings," and they feared the troops would have an "improper and injurious influence on our former Slaves."

Creator

Lunenburg County residents

Source

Executive Papers of Governor Francis H. Pierpont, 1865–1868, Accession 37024, Library of Virginia

Date

undated, ca. 1865

Contributor

Library of Virginia

Rights

CC BY-SA

Relation

Finding aid to Executive Papers of Governor Francis F. Pierpont.

Format

JPG

Type

manuscript

Identifier

15_0707_006_, Lunenburg County Petition_1865_transcription.pdf

Coverage

Lunenburg County, Virginia

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