The Red Flag in John Bull's Eyes
About this book
The tract provides evidence based on the actions of freed slaves that the Emancipation Proclamation would not lead to large-scale massacres of Caucasians. The writers concludes, instead, that: 1. They have committed no crimes of violence of any kind.2. They have labored industriously; even under the discouragement of their wages remaining in arrears for months.3. They have enlisted in the Federal army, acquiring discipline rapidly, and behaving with invariable courage, notwithstanding the additional dangers they encountered, beyond those of white soldiers, from the cruelty of the Confederacy.4. Finally, they have on every occasion, and in reply to every question asked they, repudiated all vindictive feelings towards their former masters; nor has their conduct displayed the slightest trace of such a sentiment.