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Letter from Bill Arps on race and religion amid turmoil
A long personal letter rails at Northern editors and preachers, citing threats of violence against Black people, praising lynching, and contrasting Southern and Northern attitudes. The writer laments hypocrisy, mocks Puritan history, and ends with domestic scenes and a note about a medicine bottle.
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