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Q0000063170; Q0000063171; Q0000063172
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2461 16th Street, Denver, CO
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Margaret Sasser
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Not guilty; move trial to Birmingham
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A. E. Merriam
2461 16th Street
Denver, Colorado
DENVER
1 APR 12
6 PM
1933
COLO.
Governor B. M. Miller,
Montgomery, Alabama.
[Stamp in the lower left corner depicts a group of men sitting behind bars, whilst two arms branded with the initials ILD pry those bars apart. The inscription reads ëSAVE THE SCOTTSBORO BOYSí.]
2461 16th Street,
Denver, Colorado,
April 12, 1933.
Governor B. M. Miller,
Montgomery, Alabama,
Dear Sir:
My purpose in writing you, Governor Miller, is to
call your attention to the undeserved hatred of the Negro
People South of Mason and Dixon's line, by the white people
in the same locality.
Hated, because the white people of the south, have,
for more than three hundred years enslaved them, persecuted
them, tortured them, and brutally robbed them of every humane
right, financially, morally, politically and lawfully, lynched
them without redress, on the popular southern frame-up charge
of raping a white woman or girl. While at the same time, as
the vast number of mulattos in the South prove, the white
men of the South think nothing of raping the wives, mothers
and daughters of Negro Parentage. If they oppose the white
man's vicious animalism they are brutally murdered without
redress.
The Scottsboro Case, wherein nine innocent Negro
Boys have been framed on the charge of raping a white pros-
titute, whom these Negro boys never met until they faced her
in the Court, has attracted the attention of the whole world
to the criminal attitude of Alabama against the Negro People.
2--
You could have ordered the removal of the frame up
case of these nine innocent Negros to be tried in Birmingham,
where the K.K.K. (favorite sons of the white man of the South.)
does not rule so prominently as in Decator.
This you have not, as yet, done, Governor Miller.
Hence, if one of these innocent Negro Boys are con-
victed on the perjured testimony of Victoria Price, or are
lynched by the white mobs, who want to kill them, whether inno-
cent or guilty, because they are Negros and they hate them,
the whole world will spit on you, ---will hold you guilty of
conspiracy to take the lives of the <u>nine innocent Negro Boys</u>.
Respectfully,
A.E. Merriam
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 16, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from A. E. Merriam in Denver, Colorado, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
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A. E. Merriam writes to Governor Miller that his purpose is to bring to light the undeserved hatred of "Negro People South of the Mason and Dixon's line," and details some of the atrocities committed against African Americans in the South since slavery. He writes that the governor should have ordered the Scottsboro Boys' trial to be moved to Birmingham instead of Decatur, and that if he continues to do nothing to keep them from the death sentence, he will be guilty of conspiracy to kill the Scottsboro Boys.
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1933-04-12
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809 South Division Street, Ann Arbor, MI
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Margaret Sasser
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Not guilty; move trial to Birmingham
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<u>Special</u> ANN ARBOR
MAR 23
6 PM
MICH 1933
ANN ARBOR
MAR 24
6 PM
MICH 1933
From Agnes Inglis
809 South Division Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan,
Governor B.M. Miller
Montgomery,
Alabama.
RECEIVED
MAR 26 A.M.
MONTGOMERY,
(SPEC. DEL.)
CIN & NASH
TR. 1
MAR
25
1933
Ann Arbor, March 25-1933
809 South Division Street.
Governor B.M. Miller.
Montgomery, Alabama.
Dear Sir: -
If I could in words express to you my deep feeling and strong sense of the injustice
of having the re-trial of the Scottsboro boys take place in another small, provincial,
an prejudiced center I should do so.
Men in political positions hold in their hands the life and death of others. It is
so in this case. In your hands lies the fate of these boys. But all the people all ovr
over the world who stand by them hold, too, in their hands their fate! It is a word;
a written word ,- as this from me to you that matters. I think much of this case .
It is to speak, then, -to take this little time, this very little time , to write this
to you ,- to let you know that I am thinking of them , and to express to you the
feeling I share with the many . It is a deep conviction that we share.
I demand for these boys an unconditional fair trial,- such an one as, when over,
will leave no traces of bitterness in regard to those in whose hands it rests.
I demand that you grant a change of venue and that you, in all fair play, have the
trial take place in the city of Birmingham , as thousands are insisting shall be the
case.
So few have the gift of speech! So few the gift of the written word ! Believe me when
I say that to pen even these few lines means much deep feeling and much concerN. It is
an effort to write to unknown people , as you are unknown to me. I say this to tell
you that you may well believe that for every letter that you receive there are
thousands ,- no one knows how many thousands,-indeed, I believe that there are
hundreds of thousands who uphold the boys in their right to a fair and unprejudiced
trial in this re-trial.
I do not know you . I know nothing of your outlook upon life, of your training in
thought, of your values. But I know you value your life, as I value mine. And in such
case I would hope for response from another for my life. I ask, then, that this
response be given in the case of the lives of these boys.
Sincerely, Agnes Inglis
Ann Arbor, March 23, 1933
-Copy- 809 South Division Street.
Thomas E. Knight Jr.
Attorney-General.
Montgomery,
Alabama.
Dear Sir:-
In behalf of the boys concerned in what is known as the Scottsboro Case I address
you. This I do, adding my word to that of thousands of others who are interested
in this world-renouned case . I ask for a change of venue for the setting of the
re-trial , so that it may be held in Birmingham in an atmosphere not charged with
prejudice , I do assure you that this step is of utmost importance . Small
centers , with local prejudices are not the place to insure fair play and justice
as all know who have had experience in such cases..I am sure you must realize this .
I am inclosing for your perusal the letter -a copy of it, at least,- which I am sending
the Governor of Alabama . It is, in its contents, such a letter as I would write to you.
I am therefore sending this copy to you . I believe that the matter of this change of
venue rests with you both and I urge that you agree in this matter , - so that the
case will be tried in Birmingham, Alabama.
Sincerely,
Agnes Inglis
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 18, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Agnes Inglis in Ann Arbor, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
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Agnes Inglis asks that Governor Miller move the Scottsboro Boys' trial to Birmingham so that they may be given a fair trial. She includes a copy for Alabama Attorney General Thomas E. Knight, Jr.
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1933-03-23
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Chicago, IL
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Margaret Sasser
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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19 Chicago Apr [undecipherable] 5pm 1933 Ill. Hon. Miller, Governor of the State of Alabama, at Montgomery, Ala. 4/25/1933 To the Eminent Governor of the State of Alabama,- Governor Miller, of Montgomery, Ala. My dear Sir: Alabama is my home, I Have never known what a communist or a radical is and I don't care to know, but I am in- terested in my state, the integrity of my people and my God. I have always boasted of the fair play and the religious sincerity of my Alabama and her people. However, I guess I have come to love justice, the brotherhood of mankind and the Fatherhood of God more than these. To read of the unjust decision handed down in the Scottsboro Case some days ago, is to my un- derstanding, one of the outrages of the age in which we live. I think every white man should feel as I do, that there are higher ideals to be protected in our American institutions than our Superiority complex. It seems that our dear America is not only going off of the gold standard, but we have gone off the highest standards of law and judgment. This decision is not only damaging to Alabama, but to the jurisprudence of all our American institutions of govern- ment. I believe that through my race's injustices, God had confounded the wheels of our pursuing chariots, and that out in <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">of</span> this sea of divided waters we shall drown, as Pharioh of old. What shall we hope for as a nation? When we take the homes and home lands from other people, rob and enslave them, set up a double standard of law in our courts and when a negro es- capes, we say he is fleeing justice. What kind of justice? The people of our various states as the white races of the world, seem to be misunderstood as to what is just, which misunderstanding is fastly undoing our power and stability as a nation and a people. There is just one more item I wish to mention which I feel has much significance and that is the fugitive ques- tion. If the South continues its practices of the Scottsboro dicisions, States that consider the constitution of the United States to be a serious document, in obe- dience to the proper interpretation of the law will ultimately refuse to return even desperadoes who should justly be returned and exterminated. I most prayerfully Submit this to your consider- ation with a sympathetic heart for the good work you are trying to do. Sincerely- An Alabaman.
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 1, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
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"An Alabaman" writes that he or she has always loved Alabama, but loves justice more. He or she writes that the Scottsboro case has been an outrage, and that white men should realize there are greater ideals than protecting their superiority complex.
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1933-04-25
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United States--Illinois--Chicago
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Q
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Q0000063041
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61 West Ninth Street, New York, NY
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Margaret Sasser
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ANNE PIERCE
61 WEST NINTH STREET
NEW YORK CITY
STUYVESANT-NINE 2050
Scottsboro
November 10, 1931
Honorable B.M. Miller
Montgomery
Alabama
Dear Sir:
As a Southern woman, may I add my word of protest on behalf
of the boys involved in the Scottsboro case ? It adds no-
thing to the fair reputation of the South to treat boys,
whatever their color, in such a manner. To deny them access
to their parents and to have them continually witness exe-
cutions, this seems to be a relic of mediaeval torture quite
indefensible and without purpose even if they are guilty and
most outrageous if they are not. In the latter case they will
be released to struggle with public life with this imprint
upon them.
In this day of psychology and child welfare and the study of
youth, it is certainly very retroactive for an intelligent
State to handle its youth in this manner, whatever their be-
havior. I wish, therefore, to add the protest of a Southern
woman, although I live at present in New York, against the
unintelligent handling of such matters. History proves that
it does nothing to prevent future crime but only increases
resentment and misunderstanding. Niether from the individual
nor from the social point of view can anything be said for
meeting violence with violence in such a manner.
Yours truly,
<u>Anne Pierce</u>
AP:ED
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 13, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Anne Pierce in New York City, to Honorable B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Pierce, Anne
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
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A Southern woman living in New York, Anne Pierce argues that, whether the Scottsboro Boys are guilty, their treatment in jail is "a relic of medieval torture quite indefensible." She writes that handling the youth in this manner does not help prevent future crimes, but just meets violence with violence.
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1931-11-10
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305 Broadway, New York, NY
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Margaret Sasser
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N/A; warns that prosecutors are not impartial
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BREITBART & BRIETBART, CITY HALL 305 Broadway, APR 10
NEW YORK, N. Y. 1933
Governor of Alabama,
Montgomery, Alabama.
BREITBART & BREITBART TELEPHONES WORTH 2-1043-1044-6893
COUNSELORS AT LAW
BERNARD BREITBART
CHARLES BREITBART
305 BROADWAY
NEW YORK
April 10, 1933.
Governor of Alabama,
Montgomery, Alabama.
Honored Sir :-
I take the privilege of addressing this letter to you,
knowing that you are fair-minded, unprejudiced and the right kind
of a thinking Christian.
I have reference to the recent trial of Hayword Patterson,
the negro, in Decatur, Alabama, and in particular the report as
printed in The New York Times of April 8, 1933, at page 30 thereof,
concerning the remarks of Wade Wright, one of the prosecutors.
Mr. Wright is reported to have said :
" 'Show them', he said--pointing at the counsel
table at which were seated Samuel S. Leibowitz of
New York, chief defense counsel, and Joseph Brodsky,
counsel for the International Labor Defense, a
Communist affiliate--' show them that Alabama justice
cannot be bought and sold with Jew money from New York,' "
I think that these remarks are an insult to Jewry at large,
as well as to enlightened Christians.
I assure you, that I do not know any of the attorneys who
defended the accused, nor do I know any of the parties involved
and have no personal interest; but I do feel that the fair name of
your State has been defamed by the remarks of that public official
Wright-who is by no means "right".
I do not know whether you are by profession a lawyer, but
whether you are a lawyer or not, it is the law and common under-
standing of all right thinking individuals, that a defendant
accused of a crime should be given a fair and impartial trial; and
that a prosecuting attorney should refrain from any appeal to race,
color, religion, passion or prejudice. Wright violated all these
principles. I believe, that officials of his kind, should not be
permitted to hold office and I take the liberty of asking you to
see to it that Mr. Wright is removed from public office. Our late
President Grover Cleveland said that "Public Office is a Public
Trust". Certainly Mr. Wright has not properly performed the duties
of his trust. He has, by his actions forfeited his right to service
as a public servant.
I enclose copy of a letter which I addressed to Mr. Wright
and is self-explanatory.
Page 2
Governor of Alabama,
In concluding, may I reiterate , that it is not my purpose
to direct the conduct of trials in your State. However, I believe
it to be the duty of every fair-minded American citizen to protest,
in particular where a public servant does not conduct himself in
an honorable, fair and just way.
Very respectfully yours,
Bernard Breitbart
BB:HK
BREITBART & BREITBART TELEPHONES WORTH 2-1043-1044-6893
COUNSELORS AT LAW
BERNARD BREITBART
CHARLES BREITBART
305 BROADWAY
NEW YORK
COPY April 10, 1933.
Mr. Wade Wright
Circuit Solicitor of Morgan County,
Decatur,
Alabama.
Dear Sir :-
Since the commencement of the trial of Hayword
Patterson, I have read the account thereof, as reported in
The New York Times. In the issue of that paper of April 8,
1933, it is reported that in your summation to the Jury, you
said as follows :
" 'Show them, 'he said--pointing at the counsel
table at which were seated Samuel S. Leibowitz of
New York, chief defense counsel, and Joseph Brodsky,
counsel for the International Labor Defense, a
Communist affiliate--' show them that Alabama Justice
cannot be bought and sold with Jew money from
New York.' "
It has always been my understanding of the law that a
prosecuting attorney should be fair and just to a defendant,
particularly when such defendant is charged with a crime which
is punishable by death - that he should refrain from an appeal
to passion or race prejudice. You have violated these cardinal
principles. Likewise, you have insulted the good name of the
Jewish citizens of your State, as well as Jewry at large, by
casting aspertions against them.
I frankly tell you, that you are a disgrace to the noble
profession of the law, as well as to your State and Country. It
is people of your kind that engender hatred of one human being for
an another.
I assume that you are a Christian and while personally I
am of Jewish faith and belief, I am positive that the Christian
religion does not teach you to preach hatred or bigotry. If you
claim to be a good Christian, and I have my doubts about it, you
should bear in mind also, that Jesus was a Jew and by your remarks,
you have insulted Him, as well as millions of his followers.
I assure you, that I do not know the attorneys who defended
the accused, nor do I know any of those connected with the case as
principals or otherwise.
What a contrast between you and Judge Horton, who presided
Page 2.
Mr. Wade Wright,
in the case. The learned Judge conducted himself judicially and in
an unbiased manner. No wonder it is reported that Attorney General
Knight "fidgeted in his chair" when you made the remarks above quoted
and practically apologized for your conduct when he summed up! He
too, must have felt that you were guilty, because he distinctly told
the Jury that he does not appeal to their prejudice or passion, but
argued the case as a decent respectable lawyer should.
I can only remind you, that the Jew who has lived in your
State during the time of the Civil War was a loyal citizen and stood
shoulder to shoulder with the other citizens of Alabama in its fight;
that the Jew was loyal and steadfast in the cause of our country in
our late war, by giving his money freely, as well as his life; and
that good people everywhere consider the Jew an asset to the community
in which he lives.
I can bestow upon you the title and crown you as another
madman--Hitler.
I think that you owe it to yourself and to the good name of
the State of Alabama to resign from public office and extend an apology
to Jews, as well as the Christians for uttering the remarks quote.
Yours truly,
BERNARD BREITBART
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SB_L_1933.04.10_0803
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 2, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Bernard Breitbart in New York, to Governor of Alabama in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Breitbart, Bernard
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912; Wright, Wade; Leibowitz, Samuel L.; Publication of the New York Times Company
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Attorney Bernard Breitbart quotes—from a write-up in The New York Times—a comment made by prosecutor Wade Wright that he argues is an insult to Jewish people. Breitbart writes that attorneys know trials must be impartial and that a prosecuting attorney should "refrain from any appeal to race, color, religion, passion, or prejudice." Breitbart asks that Governor Miller remove Mr. Wright from public office as he has broken public trust. He encloses a copy of a letter he sent to Mr. Wright.
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1933-04-10
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United States--New York--New York
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English
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Letter
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Q
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Q0000063031
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9234 Pace Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
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Margaret Sasser
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Sunday School Board of the National Baptist Convention
Stance
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Not guilty; takes not stance in regards to retrial or release but wants to stay the execution for further investigation
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C.H. DUVALL
MEMBER OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL BOARD
OF THE NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION
REPRESENTING THE STATE OF
ARIZONA
ADDRESS 9234 Pace Avenue
PHONE Los Angeles, California
June 1, 1931
PASTOR OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE MISSIONARY REST AND
BAPT. EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION
CHURCH
ROYAL COMMANDER OF K.A.M.C
PERFORMS MARRIAGES: ATTENDES FUNERALS
CONDUCTS REVIVALS AND MAKES A SPECIAL-
TY IN RAISING FUNDS FOR THE LIQUIDATION
OF LARGE CHURCH DEBTS, ETC.
A CARD WILL REACH ME AT THE ABOVE
ADRESS
To the Governor of the State of Alabama,
His Excellency ,
Sir:
There is awaiting execution of eight or nine Negro boy's in
Scottsboro, Alabama and from what I can glean through the papers
of the Southland, there is somewhat a doubt in the mind of the
people as to their actual guilt. However, it would be a presump-
tion on my part to attempt in any way whatever to criticise the
finding of the excellent jury who heard the case.
Your Honor, I am writing this letter unsolicited because I
believe there is mercy in the heart of the great Governor of the
State of Alabama. Born a slave myself and at one time was the
property of the famous General Abrahan Buford of Kentucky. Hence
I have had some experience in my seventy-five years in dealing
with my people. It is true if we are not all angels, it is equal-
ly true that we are not all devils and I am quite sure that your
Excellency will agree with my in this statement. The weeping and
wailing of their mother's and of many of our struggling group have
forced me to write this letter begging you to use your preogative
and stay the execution until further investigation can be made.
Believing as I do, your Honor, should you do so it would not
only permit you to be a blessing to humanity, but it would certainly
relieve the conscience's of those who are in power and would certainly
be a great favor to we old ex-slaves who have always tried to work
in conjunction with the white people for the betterment of out
people.
My dear Governor, if there be the slightest chance for mercy
in this case do show it at this point and thereby wipe the tears
away from our old weeping eyes and save a blot from the great name
of Alabama, the home of the greatest industrial center in the world
for my people.
Again I beg you to stay this execution.
Your most humble servant
C.H. Duvall
C. H. CuVall
CHD: DH
(note: criticise - criticize, Abrahan - Abraham, preogative - perogative)
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SB_L_1931.06.01_0405
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 40, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from C. H. DuVall in Los Angeles, California, to the Governor of the State of Alabama.
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DuVall, C. H.
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Baptist Church
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C. H. DuVall, a former slave, writes to ask Governor Miller to stay the Scottsboro Boys' execution. He also requests to have the case further investigated as a favor to the weeping mothers and ex-slaves, as he has heard a lot of doubt about the Scottsboro Boys' guilt. The letter is signed "your most humble servant."
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1931-06-01
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United States--California--Los Angeles
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English
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Q
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Q0000063111; Q0000063112; Q0000063113; Q0000063114; Q0000063115
Address
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254 Westminster Road, Rochester, NY
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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Rochester
April 11
7 PM
1933
N.Y.
To
His Excellency, The Govenor of
Alabama -
Gov. B. M. Miller -
<u>Personal</u>
TWO FIFTY-FOUR WESTMINSTER ROAD
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
April 10, 1933
TWO FIFTY-FOUR WESTMINSTER ROAD
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
To His Excellency, The Govenor of Alabama
Govenor B. M. Miller
Dear Govenor Miller,
I am a young
citizen of these United States and
have never had very much say
in governmental matters except
the right to vote. In reading the
newspaper for the past week
I have been very interested
in this "Scotsboro" case. Living
up here in Rochester, New York
one doesn't get much of a chance
to read New York newspapers,
but fortunately I have been able
to receive and read the New
York Herald Tribune.
2
I am a white girl. I have
always had the best opportunities
for travel and study as a young
girl. My home life has been
a happy one. I have always tried
my best to do for others. I am
connected with two volunteer
social-aide societies that do much
for the sick and needy. I have
came in contact with many
negros, some of high standard
and some of low, but they are
an unfortunate race. They are to
be helped and pitied - not hindered
and begrudged.
Don't you feel deep down
in your heart, govenor Miller,
that these young negro boys are
not being given a fair say or
even a trial - can't you yourself
feel that it's the race not so
much the supposed crime?
3
My thoughts and feeling on
this matter are only the emotions
of one person out of thousands,
Miss Bates and Mrs. Price are
of the lowest type woman - they
aren't to be respected - a "low"
woman is far worse than
a "low" man - These women
are the ones to suffer not
the young negros who are
victims of lies and bigoting
Don't you feel, govenor Miller,
that justice isn't being implied?
I'd give my right arm if I
could keep those fellows in
any possible way, and I
hope that you will be able to
do something.
Sincerely,
Carol R. Slowau
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 1, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Carol R. Sloman in Rochester, New York, to His Excellency, The Governor of Alabama.
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Sloman, Carol R.
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Bates, Ruby, -1976; Price, Victoria, -1982
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A young white girl, Carol R. Sloman is concerned about the Scottsboro Boys after reading of the case in the newspaper. She writes that she has had a happy life and has been given many opportunities, and that she has always tried to help others. She believes that African Americans are "to be helped and pitied—not hindered and begrudged." She writes that Ruby Bates and Victoria Price are "low women," and that the Scottsboro Boys should not be made to suffer because of them.
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1933-04-10
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United States--New York--Rochester
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English
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Q
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Q0000063227; Q0000063228
Address
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145 Munroe Street, Lynn, MA
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Margaret Sasser
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Not guilty; move trial to Birmingham
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Charles Ingram 2 LYNN
145 Munroe Street MAY 23 330 PM 1933
Lynn, Mass MASS.
Governor Miller
Montgomery, Ala.,
TEL. BREAKERS 1792 RES. TEL. JACKSON 499-M
Charles Ingram
Attorney
ROOM 48, WOODBURY BUILDING
145 Munroe Street
Lynn, Mass. May 23, 1933.
Governor Miller,
Montgomery, Ala.,
Dear Sir,
Common decency demands that you put a stop to the
persecution of the Scottsboro Boys. In particular, the fail-
ure to provide adequate medical attendance for Olen Montgom-
ery, whose eyesight is in jeopardy, would be difficult to
justify. From my understanding of the case it would seem that
justice requires a change of venue to Birmingham.
Yours truly,
Charles Ingram
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SB_L_1933.05.23_0967
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 9, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Charles Ingram in Lynn, Massachusetts, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Ingram, Charles
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Montgomery, Olen, b. 1914
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Charles Ingram, an attorney, writes that the persecution of the Scottsboro Boys must be stopped. He argues that the lack of medical attention given to Olen Montgomery for his eye ailment is unjustifiable. Lastly, he urges the Governor to move the trial to Birmingham.
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1933-05-23
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United States--Massachusetts--Lynn
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English
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Q
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Q0000063134; Q0000063135; Q0000063136
Address
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250 Steuben St., Brooklyn, NY
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Margaret Sasser
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Guilty; state execution
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250 Steuben St.
Brooklyn
N.Y.
Your Excellency :
As a law abiding
citizen, I am appealing to you to
let the law take its' course in
the case of the Scottsboro negros.
The average woman is no
match for a male bent on attack,
and if she cannot depend on the
law for justice, then what is
to become of her?
On every side we hear much
talk about stamping out crime;
but crime never will be stamped
out until criminals are made to
pay the penalty for crime.
Just one year ago, the blood
of every white person worthy of
the name, was at boiling point,
because a white woman in
Hawaii could not get justice
for an attack made on her by
five half-cast Asiatics; therefore,
in my humble opinion, it is
inconsistent, to say the least, to
tolerate a similar offense from
negros.
The writer of this letter is a
New-York-born white woman
without claim to Southern blood,
and who has never been fortunate
enough to have visited the
South.
So it stands to reason that
most of my friends and acquaint-
ances are New Yorkers. And I
have not heard one person
speak a word that clashes
with my opinion on this matter.
Thanking you for your kind
attention, I beg to remain
Yours Very Sincerely
Charlotte Fox.
April 11, 1933.
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SB_L_1933.04.11_0870
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 13, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Charlotte Fox in Brooklyn, New York, to Your Excellency.
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Fox, Charlotte
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
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Charlotte Fox asks Governor Miller to let the law run its course. She writes that women are no match for men in a physical altercation and they they need the law to defend them. She wants the Scottsboro Boys to pay the penalty, and insists that her other Northern friends agree.
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1933-04-11
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United States--New York--Brooklyn
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English
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Q
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Q0000063233; Q0000063234
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12 Hinckley St., Northampton, MA
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Margaret Sasser
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N/A; boycotts Alabama
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Individual Voices
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Y. P. A. 3 CHICAGO CENTURY OF PROGRESS
3308 Crystal St. MAY 27 6 PM 1933 WORLD'S FAIR JUNE I Chicago, Illinois ILL. CHICAGO NOV I
1933
Governor H. B. Miller
Montgomery, Alabama.
file*
12 Hinckley St.,
Northampton, Mass.,
May 23, 1933
His Excellency the Governor
State of Alabama,
Montgomery, Alabama
Dear Sir:
Recently we were invited by friends sojourning in
your capital city to visit them in their home during our
vacation.
However we have canceled this visit since reading
that your roads were built by the sweat and blood of the chain
gang for which the romantic South is so notorious.
We cannot bring ourselves to spend money in a state
governed by barbarians, despite their self-assumed titles of
"Southern gentlemen", and have so advised our hospitable friends.
If you read Harper's Monthly, you would profit, and
perhaps even blush at the accusation that no white man could
let go unchallenged were it not the truth.
Until you change your moral code in this respect, we
shall continue to spend our vacations among people at least
partially human, and shall also advise our friends to spend their
vacations in the North.
Very Truly Yours,
Chas. E. Lobreck
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SB_L_1933.05.23_0971
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 10, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Chas. E. Lotreck in Northampton, Massachusetts, to His Excellency the Governor in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Lotreck, Chas. E.
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
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Chas. E. Lotreck writes that he had a trip planned to visit his friends in Montgomery, but will be cancelling it since he has learned that the roads were built by chain gangs. He continues that he will not give any money to a state so barbarous.
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1933-05-23
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United States--Massachusetts--Northampton
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English
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Letter
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