Wade Hampton: War Was Over Secession & Slavery, Both Now Resolved Oct. 21, 1868

Pat Young

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In October 1868 Wade Hampton wrote a widely republished letter in which he accepted the outcome of the Civil War, the end of slavery and the establishment of basic civil rights for African Americans. Hampton also says that the war was fought over the issues of secession and slavery.

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Date: October 22, 1868
Location: New York, New York
Newspaper: New York Herald
 
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