Vaughan''s Freedmen''s Pension Bill: Being an Appeal in Behalf of Men Released From Slavery; A Plea for American Freedmen and a Rational Proposition to Grant Pensions to Persons of Color Emancipated From Slavery (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Vaughan''s Freedmen''s Pension Bill: Being an Appeal in Behalf of Men Released From Slavery; A Plea for American Freedmen and a Rational Proposition to Grant Pensions to Persons of Color Emancipated From Slavery<br><br>Be just to the blacks of the days of slavery. Their recognition as citizens worthy of compensation for past errors of the Govern ment will do more to elevate the fame of a great nation that dares to be just even at a late hour than all the story of its brilliant achievements in arms. The glory of American freedom will be made perfect in the pension of the surviving slaves of the ante bellum period. valter R. Vaughan.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.