letters

Administration of Thomas P. Jackson (February 1868-April 1868)

Jackson continues his work in locating African Americans who had been separated from one another because of slavery, and his work setting up local schools. There is a report by another Bureau agent on assaults against Augusta blacks, lamenting their frequency and the lack of justice in Augusta’s courts. Jackson’s superior writes a report stating that labor demands in the Shenandoah currently outstrip supply. Jackson deals with various legal and labor disputes, and writes that he does not believe whites and blacks will ever be able to coexist as equals. Several letters deal with Jackson’s transfer out of Augusta.