No Pension for Ex-Slaves - Prologue - Summer 2010

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NO PENSIONS FOR EX-SLAVESHow Federal Agencies Suppressed Movement to Aid Freedpeople

By Miranda Booker Perry

h unin victy in th Civi Wa hpd pav th way th 13th amndmnt t may abish th pactic savy in th unitd Stats. Bt win thi mancipatin, mst m savs had n nancia scs,ppty, sidnc, dcatinth kys t thi cnmic indpndnc.

ets t hp thm achiv sm smbanc cnmic dm, sch as with 40 acs and a m, w stymid.

Witht da and cmpnsatinycmpnsatinmany x-savs w cd int shacppin, tnancy

amin, cnvict-asin, sm m mnia ab aanmnts aimd at kpin thm cnmicay sbsvint and

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In th at 19th cnty, th ida psin pnsins x-savssimia t pnsins unin vtanstk hd.

I disabd dy vtans w cmpnsatd thi yas svic din th Civi Wa, why shdnt m savs

wh had svd th cnty in th pcss natin bidin b cmpnsatd thi yas cd, npaid ab?

An MRB&PA broadside eatures both Isaiah Dickerson, the general manager, and Callie House, a national promoter and assistant secretary o the

association, with the emblem o the United States in the center. Background:Certifcate o Membership in the MRB&PA.

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Senator Thaddeus Stevens, a powerul RadicaRepublican leader, was a staunch advocate o

emancipation and championed civil and equa

rights or blacks.

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Walter R. Vaughan requested the frst ex-slave

pension bill and established the frst ex-slave

pension organization.

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No Pensions or Ex-Slaves

Callie Houses response to a raud order issued by

the Post Ofce against the association highlight

the objectives o the movement and describes the

plight o reedpeople.

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payment scale based upon the age o benefciaries.

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