Letter from W. H. Oates to Governor Charles Henderson in Montgomery, Alabama.
At the time this letter was written, Oates was serving as the state prison inspector. In it he reports on conditions in the Perry County jail, where there are forty-one prisoners (one white man and forty African American men). He notes that conditions have improved since the last inspection, but rec...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/2731 |
