02600cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000090011910000560012824500920018426400510027630000470032733600260037433700260040033800360042650000310046250802170049352013600071053400450207065300430211565300560215885600430221499900170225729942UtSlPG20260610133701.0mcr n260607r2009||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a12032452  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aF2061 aPierson, Hamilton W.q(Hamilton Wilcox),d1817-188812aA Letter to Hon. Charles Sumner, with 'Statements' of Outrages upon Freedmen in Georgia 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2009  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2009-09-09  aProduced by Bryan Ness, Stephanie Eason, and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. (This
book was produced from scanned images of public domain
material from the Google Print project.)  a"A Letter to Hon. Charles Sumner, with 'Statements' of Outrages upon Freedmen in Georgia" by Rev. H. W. Pierson, D.D. is a historical account written in the post-Civil War era, specifically around the late 1860s to early 1870s. This work focuses on the horrifying realities faced by freed African Americans in Georgia, detailing their struggles with violence and injustice in the aftermath of emancipation. It serves both as a personal testimony by the author and as a broader commentary on the social and political climate affecting freedmen in the Reconstruction South.  The book comprises a poignant letter to Senator Charles Sumner, underscoring the severe and brutal treatment inflicted upon the freedmen by former slaveholders and groups like the Ku-Klux Klan. Through firsthand "statements" gathered from various individuals such as Cane Cook and Floyd Snelson, Pierson exposes the physical and psychological torment experienced by these individuals, including violence, intimidation, and economic exploitation. The author himself recounts his experiences as a pastor in Andersonville, where he witnessed and documented these outrages, ultimately advocating for the protection and redress of grievances for the oppressed freedmen against the backdrop of a government failing to prevent such injustices. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aKu Klux Klan (19th century) -- Georgia  aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Georgia40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29942  c70790d70790