John S. Mosby,
Letter to Samuel Chapman — 4 June 1907
(1907)
“ Neither am I ashamed that my ancestors were pirates & cattle thieves. People must be judged by the standard of their own age. If it was right to own slaves as property it was right to fight for it. The South went to war on account of slavery. ”
John S. Mosby,
Letter to Samuel Chapman — 4 June 1907
(1907)
“ Christian quotes what the Old Virginians – said against slavery. True; but why didn’t he quote what the modern Virginians said [struck: about] [inserted: in] favor of it – Mason, Hunter, Wise &c. ”
John S. Mosby,
Letter to Samuel Chapman — 4 June 1907
(1907)
“ Mason & Hunter not only voted against The admission of California (1850) as a free state but offered a protest against [inserted: it] wh. the Senate refused to record on its Journal Nor in the Convention wh. ”
