Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Pope-Humphrey. Family Papers, 1807-1938. 1058 items.
Call No.
Mss. A P827 6,9, 16,18, 25
Content
In his diary entry for 9 March 1864, Alex Pope 'Humphrey writes, "Kentucky has come to the depth of degradation. Negroes are being enrolled [at Centre College] and nobody raises a finger against it. The campaign against the Blackbirds began today." In a letter to Alex Humphrey dated 16 Oct. 1866, J. Boyle writes that the next question for their debate society was "Ought 'N***r' Suffrage to be allowed?" A letter dated 2 June 1867 from Cousin Puss to Alex Humphrey asks Humphrey's thoughts on a white officer being married to a Black woman at the Black barracks by a Black chaplain. Letters dated 4 Nov. 1867 and 17 Nov. 1867 from Mrs. Humphrey to her son express her concern about talk of a possible insurrection in Virginia and she writes, "The papers are full of the outrageous conduct of the negroes and radicals of the derilect state ... God help the South." Finally, in a letter to her daughter dated 22 Jan. 1909, Mrs. Humphrey writes, "I shall have to get a stalwart darkie for a few days to push Alec's chair."
