Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Dunn family. Papers, 1854-1977. .66 cubic feet.
Call No.
Mss. A D923 4,7
Content
In a letter to his father, dated 5 Dec. 1862, Lt. Lewis Dunn, 3rd Ky, Cavalry Rgt. (USA), advises him not to hire a Black man since it is likely that he would either run off or steal a horse, whereas a white man could leave when he pleases but without pay (4). In a letter sent to Lt. Dunn by a Confederate sympathizer in Hopkinsville, Ky., dated 1 June 1865, she laments the fact that formerly enslaved people now have more leisure than their former enslavers (7).
