1864 Letter From New Orleans With Racist Remark

"not what some liberal lefty political correct government employed
history professor wants us to believe because he/she has some sort of agenda and knows which side
his/her bread is buttered on and no way wants to risk loosing all that by going against the grain".
Bringing this up in this manner completely out of context to the current discussion goes beyond "disagreement". It clearly shows deeper feelings than that. Even syntax and spelling were ignored.

We should be able to have a discussion without resorting to name calling. It is not productive to let current politics color a discussion of something that happened over 150 years ago. The Republican and Democratic parties of that time are like the current parties only in having the same name.

I live in Georgia and have had heated discussions on this topic. I would only point out the ordinances of secession written by the southerners themselves made it clear what they thought they were prepared to fight for. And it was the retention of slavery as an institution in the south. Whatever else the struggle morphed into came after this.

This thread has moved away from things philatelic. Maybe it would be better continued in the General Discussion section??

Don

What would be genuinely interesting is to find 1864 letters that discussed the racial-social situation without racism.

Or acrimony.

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

New member: but a good topic !. I have two letters of later date that relate. One is during WW I and one a little more recent. The first point I would make is about censorship after the civil war. Censors were often the soldiers officers and they decided what could or could not go out by strikouts or simply refusing to let the mail go out. My point is that application of censorship can and did have its bias as well and many heros go unidentified due to bias and race under the guise of military value of the information. The later letter that is post WW I has very polite language for strong racists remarks in regards to a nice colored person in the community and their service and familial relations. Clearly the contributions of the non-white races was a historical problem and the ongoing force that led to the movements of famous leaders appearing on stamps recently such as Martin Luther King. So, why haven't we seen a monograph on this showing the chain: resembling other monographs of their struggles? Your letter would serve as a very admirable addition.
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