A Picture of the Desolated States, and the Work of Restoration. 1865-1868

CHAPTER XXXI.—THE “SWITZERLAND OF AMERICA.

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East Tennessee.—Home of President Johnson.—Knoxville.—An Old Nigger-Dealer.—Table-Talk.—East Tennesseeans and Niggers.—Neighborhood Feuds.—Persecution and Retaliation.—Story of a Loyal Refugee. 237