Passionate Abolitionist and
Witness to the American Civil War
Passionate Abolitionist and
Witness to the American Civil War
An edited excerpt from one of Thomas Jackson's letters reporting on the pivotal event that motivated him to become a vigorous abolitionist and write most of these letters
This statue is of a different Thomas Jackson. It is of Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, the famous Confederate general. In contrast, the Thomas Jackson at the center of this website held diametrically different views about slavery and spent most of his adult life acting to abolish it.
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