Project Gutenberg 2009-09-09 Public domain in the USA. 187 Pierson, Hamilton W. (Hamilton Wilcox) 1817 1888 Pierson, H. W. (Hamilton Wilcox) Pierson, Hamilton Wilcox 12032452 A Letter to Hon. Charles Sumner, with 'Statements' of Outrages upon Freedmen in Georgia Produced by Bryan Ness, Stephanie Eason, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "A Letter to Hon. Charles Sumner, with 'Statements' of Outrages upon Freedmen in Georgia" by Rev. H. W. Pierson, D.D. is a historical account written in the post-Civil War era, specifically around the late 1860s to early 1870s. This work focuses on the horrifying realities faced by freed African Americans in Georgia, detailing their struggles with violence and injustice in the aftermath of emancipation. It serves both as a personal testimony by the author and as a broader commentary on the social and political climate affecting freedmen in the Reconstruction South. The book comprises a poignant letter to Senator Charles Sumner, underscoring the severe and brutal treatment inflicted upon the freedmen by former slaveholders and groups like the Ku-Klux Klan. Through firsthand "statements" gathered from various individuals such as Cane Cook and Floyd Snelson, Pierson exposes the physical and psychological torment experienced by these individuals, including violence, intimidation, and economic exploitation. The author himself recounts his experiences as a pastor in Andersonville, where he witnessed and documented these outrages, ultimately advocating for the protection and redress of grievances for the oppressed freedmen against the backdrop of a government failing to prevent such injustices. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Ku Klux Klan (19th century) -- Georgia Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Georgia F206 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General Browsing: Politics Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Sociology Category: Politics 88388 2025-06-12T11:00:40.158071 text/html 84928 2021-01-05T12:48:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 31292 2021-01-05T12:48:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 143382 2025-06-12T11:00:47.133080 application/epub+zip 142737 2025-06-12T11:00:44.071092 application/epub+zip 88686 2025-06-12T11:00:42.702060 application/epub+zip 354963 2025-06-12T11:00:49.404017 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 343941 2025-06-12T11:00:46.227062 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 116744 2022-09-14T03:42:21.873811 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 78341 2025-06-12T11:00:39.831094 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 78179 2021-01-05T12:48:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 29387 2021-01-05T12:48:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19062 2025-06-12T11:00:49.674026 application/rdf+xml 25731 2025-06-12T11:00:43.289087 image/jpeg 4755 2025-06-12T11:00:42.989081 image/jpeg 139568 2025-06-12T11:00:40.167065 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog