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Domestic News November 19, 1867

Staunton Spectator

Staunton, Virginia

What is this article about?

Report on Radical fraud in the late Georgia election, including threats by Captain White to banish or re-enslave colored men who did not vote, and threats by the league and registrar L. Dunin against negroes voting Conservative.

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How It was Done.—The villainy of the Radicals in the late Georgia election is without parallel in history. The following, from the Thomasville Enterprise, is a sample of the fraud practiced in every county of the State so far as heard from: Yesterday a colored man asked us if Captain White, the agent of the Bureau, could "banish him from the country or put him back into slavery for not voting?": We told him no, of course, when he informed us that the said White had sent out word to the colored men who had not voted, that "they were obliged to vote, and if they did not come to town and vote they would be banished or put back into slavery."—The Fincastle Herald publishes the affidavit of a negro, going to show that the "league" had threatened him, if he voted the Conservative ticket, and that L. Dunin, registering officer for the county, had told the negroes to duck any negro who voted the Conservative ticket.

What sub-type of article is it?

Politics Crime

What keywords are associated?

Georgia Election Radical Fraud Voting Threats Captain White Conservative Ticket

What entities or persons were involved?

Captain White L. Dunin

Where did it happen?

Georgia

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Georgia

Event Date

Late Georgia Election

Key Persons

Captain White L. Dunin

Event Details

Radicals committed fraud in the election by threatening colored men through Captain White, agent of the Bureau, that non-voters would be banished or put back into slavery. The league threatened a negro for voting Conservative, and registrar L. Dunin told negroes to duck any who voted Conservative.

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