letters

Administration of Thomas P. Jackson (August 1867-September 1867)

Jackson describes the increase in assaults on black women and complains about the ease with which whites defraud blacks because of the freedmen’s lack of education. J. Marshall McCue, for example, writes to Jackson that a conman has been selling false land titles to local blacks. Many of the letters Jackson writes and receives during this period concern freedmen’s attempts to local loved ones, the establishment and upkeep of freedmen’s schools, and ongoing labor disputes. Jackson discusses efforts to care for poor blacks and their future in Augusta County. Bureau administrators continue to chastise Jackson for filing his reports and requests late.