Telegram from Thomas W. Haan to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 30, 1862

African AmericansBarteau, Clark R.Criminal Procedure--ArrestEmancipation and self emancipationEnslaved peopleEnslaversGreen, Norvin, 1818-1893Haan, Thomas W.KentuckyLouisville (Ky.)Okolona (Miss.)Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867Telegraph CompanyTelegraph Company--South-Western Telegraph Company (Ky.)United States. CongressUnited States. Congress. Legislation. Fugitive Slave Law (1850)

Report from William L. Harris to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 31, 1860

AbolitionistsAfrican AmericansBaldwin, Abraham, 1754-1807Boughton, Nisbet, & Barnes State Printers (Milledgeville, Ga.)Brinson, J. W.Buchanan, James, 1791-1868Clay, Henry, 1777-1852CommissionersConventionsConventions--Constitutional Convention (U.S.) (1787)Conventions--Mississippi. Convention (1861)Emancipation and self emancipationEnslaved peopleGeorgiaGeorgia. General AssemblyGeorgia. General Assembly. House of RepresentativesGibson, WilliamGulf of MexicoHarris, William Littleton, 1807-1868Historically free and newly freed African AmericansImmigrantsJackson, Andrew, 1767-1845Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865Madison, James, 1751-1836MarriageMason, George, 1725-1792.Milledgeville (Ga.)North CarolinaPettus, John Jones, 1813-1867Pilcher, W. H.Political Parties--Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )Political electionsPolitical elections--Election of 1860Randolph, Edmund Jennings, 1753-1813SecessionSouth CarolinaTroup, George Michael, 1780-1856United States. CongressUnited States. Congress. Legislation. Fugitive Slave Law (1850)

Letter from W. B. Davis to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; November 25, 1859

CourtsDavis, W. B.Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861EnglandEnslaved peopleHistorically free and newly freed African AmericansLegislatorsMcWillie, William, 1795-1869Mississippi. LegislaturePolitical electionsPolitical elections--Election of 1852Political elections--Election of 1856Scott, DredScott, Dred, 1809-1858--Trials, litigation, etc.Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits, and Settlement Between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic (1848 February 2)United States. CongressUnited States. Congress. Legislation. Fugitive Slave Law (1850)United States. PresidentWilmington (N.C.)