(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) Scott George W Pair of letters descr

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RUMORS THAT THE YANKEES WOULD "KILL & EAT THEM" (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Scott, George W. Pair of letters describing escaped slaves in North Carolina. Autograph Letters Signed, each 4 pages 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches on one folding sheet; minor wear. With complete transcripts. Plymouth, NC, 15 and 16 April 1863

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George W. Scott was a musician in the nine-month 46th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, stationed in Plymouth, NC. There he had the opportunity to meet numerous escaped slaves. His 16 April letter notes that "the slaves are told by their masters before they skedaddle that the Yankees will take & sell them to Cuba to pay for the expenses of the war. Others have told them that we should kill & eat them, but in spite of their stories they come into our lines thick as toads. Aunt Rose told me that there was not a nigger who left Plymouth when the Rebs did unless he was tied or compelled to go under the lash."