The letters of Louden S. Langley

LangleyLetters_vol67.pdf

Title

The letters of Louden S. Langley

Creator

Langley, Louden S.
James Fuller, editor

Description

Langley was an African- American born into a large farm family in Huntington, Vermont. Educated and articulate, he posted many newspaper editorials decrying the colonization schemes of the mid-1800's, the evils of slavery, and the unjust treatment of Black soldiers by the Union Army during the Civil War. In 1863, Langley enlisted into the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment. After the war he returned to the Charleston, South Carolina, area. Three of his letters appear in this article: on colonization (1854), on slavery and the justification of war (1855), and on equal treatment (1864).

Source

Vermont History, v. 67, no. 3 & 4 (Summer/Fall, 1999)

Identifier

LangleyLetters_vol67.pdf

Format

pdf

Rights

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Original Format

Repository

Vermont Historical Society, 60 Washington Street, Suite 1, Barre, Vermont 05641

Rights Statement

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Citation

Langley, Louden S. and James Fuller, editor, “The letters of Louden S. Langley,” Digital Vermont: A Project of the Vermont Historical Society, accessed November 4, 2024, https://www.digitalvermont.org/items/show/1871.