- Joined
- Aug 27, 2011
- Location
- Central Massachusetts
Just weeks before the Presidential election of 1860, parts of the South were roused to a fever pitch of fear over the supposed infiltration of Abolitionist instigators, who were hard at work trying to raise servile insurrection. The Boston Congregationalist of 12 October, carries this story:
The Memphis Daily Avalanche of Oct. 23rd, has more detail: