An ex-slaveholder’s view of the negro question in the South
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1900-07
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
(1898, October-1900) Governor of New York
Your TR Source
Bingham, Robert, 1838-1927
Letter from Robert Bingham to Theodore Roosevelt
Robert Bingham thanks President Roosevelt for disbanding the battalion of the 25th Infantry, better known as the Buffalo Soldiers. Bingham encloses a document that discusses the “black race problem,” and points to the need for holding African Americans responsible for their crimes. Although Roosevelt discharged 167 soldiers for dishonorable conduct against white police officers in what was known as the Brownsville Affair, later evidence shows the men were not guilty.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-11-23