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Title: Molton family and kinsmen; Hooks, Hunter, Whitfield, Linn, Tuttle, Henley, Harris, Summerlin, Ware, Glover, Smith, Williams, Upmann and others. Reminiscences to the year 1857
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Molton, Thomas Hunter, 1853-
Subjects: Moulton family
Publisher: (Birmingham, Ala., Press of Birmingham Publishing Company)
Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina, Government & Heritage Library
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nce persuaded my father that the South wouldsucceed beyond question. Entertaining such belief,he not only held on to the slaves that he owned but in1863 bought sixty-three slaves from one large slaveowner who had lost faith in the Confederacy. Finallyin 1864 he saw the handwriting on the wall and de-cided to make an effort to get his slaves across theMississippi River, where it was said that confidence inthe success of the Confederacy was still so strong thatslaves were being bought at good prices. This accountsfor his having moved from Alabama to Newton County,Mississippi. The end came before he could get his slavesacross the river. He had sold his valuable lands in Ala-bama and his slaves were freed, which left him in pov-erty. I well remember the time that he received news ofAbraham Lincolns proclamation freeing the slaves. Hehad promised his slaves that whenever he got reliableinformation he would so advise them, so when this newscame he called them all into his back yard and read
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