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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 46: negro conditions during the Civil War (search)
s approved July 17, 1862. Besides provision for the emancipation of slaves and confiscation of other property in any district in insurrection, the President, at his discretion, was authorized to use negroes in such manner as he should judge best for the public welfare in the suppression of the rebellion. Under this legislation numerous colonies were organized along the southern coast. When the extreme destitution of the negroes at Hampton, Va., and vicinity became known in the North, Lewis Tappan, Esq., Treasurer of the American Missionary Association, wrote August 3, 1861, to General Butler suggesting the removal of the destitute negroes to the North. The general replied to him, August 10th, that it was better for them to remain South, but that the help of his Association would be most welcome. Obeying his call, the Rev. L. C. Lockwood was sent. He reached Fort Monroe September 3d and immediately called on General John E. Wool, who had, August 7th, superseded General Butler a
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 54: public addresses concerning the freedmen in 1866, advocating education (search)
and it greatly influenced the anniversary exercises. This riot, coupled with the others a short time before at New Orleans, where many black men perished and much property was destroyed, everyone feared would be extended to other cities. Mr. Lewis Tappan, the senior vice-president of the association, and one of New York's most honored merchants and philanthropists, presided. After the preliminary exercises, including a grand missionary hymn, Mr. Tappan introduced me in very flattering termsMr. Tappan introduced me in very flattering terms. I closed a description of our work with an appeal for moral support, saying: After we shall have exerted ourselves to the utmost there will be tasks which no Government agency will be able to accomplish. There will be poverty it cannot reach. There is already a strong feeling abroad against taxing the people to support the Southern poor; and there are also objections, alleged by good men, against efforts in behalf of education carried on by the general Government. My Bureau, though
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Index (search)
I, 107, 217, 218, 249, 253, 254, 287, 333-335, 353, 411, 413. Sweeny, Thomas W., I, 519, 520; II, 4, 5, 6. Sykes, George, I, 298, 303, 359-362. Sylvey, Jerome, II, 46. Sylvey, Spurgeon, II, 46. Symington, Carrie, 1, 64. Symington, John, I, 62, 64. Symington, Mrs., John, I, 63, 64, 71. Symington, Mary, I. 72. Taggart, Samuel L., II, 87, 216. Taliaferro, Win. B., I, 264, 332. Tallman, James H., I, 120. Taney, Roger B., II, 278. Tanner, James, II, 669. Tappan, Lewis, II, 174, 328. Taylor, J. H., I, 186, 267. Taylor, Nelson, I, 336. Taylor, William, I, 329, 331; II, 552. Taylor, Wm. N., II, 105, 106. Terry, A. H., 11, 88, 135, 145, 284. Thomas, George H., I, 192, 281,402, 456, 458, 459, 466, 470, 471, 475, 477, 482-490, 493-495, 499, 500, 602, 503, 507, 610, 520, 522, 529, 633, 542, 544, 558, 561, 564, 565, 669, 571, 573, 574, 576, 579-581, 590, 592, 593, 695, 597, 600, 601, 603, 606, 607, 619; II, 4, 7, 16-18, 27, 30, 33, 37, 39, 40,