John J. Knox

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John J. Knox was a major in the U.S. Army during the American Civil War and a leading figure in the Freedmen's Bureau. [1] Knox Institute was named for him. Monroe Morton attended the Knox Institute and became a messenger for Major Knox. [2]

Johnston was seriously injured during the Civil War and suffered from severe dysentery afterwards. [1]

The University of Georgia library has a collection of papers relating to Knox and the Freedmen's Bureau's activities. [3]

"I do not like to be forced to leave any part of the American Continent for political opinion honestly and such conscientiously entertained. A friend of liberty I have lived and such will I die," Major Knox wrote. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Knox concentrates on Freedmen's Bureau - Clarkston News". August 25, 2010.
  2. ↑ Enthusiastic as Ever, The Colored American (Washington, DC) March 8, 1902, page 4, accessed via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. ↑ John J. Knox's Freedmen's Bureau in Georgia and the South collection. February 8, 2018. OCLC   456084548.
  4. ↑ Enduring Legacy. Clarke County, Georgia's Ex-Slave Legislators Madison Davis and Alfred Richardson. The Green Berry Press. 2010. p. 152.
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