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1896 letter from U.S. Senator John Tyler Morgan to a Captain C. W. Hooper

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Morgan, John Tyler, 1824-1907. 1896 Letter From U.s. Senator John Tyler Morgan to a Captain C. W. Hooper. . 1896. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/54647.

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Morgan, 1. (1896). 1896 letter from U.S. Senator John Tyler Morgan to a Captain C. W. Hooper. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/54647.

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Morgan, John Tyler, 1824-1907. 1896 Letter From U.s. Senator John Tyler Morgan to a Captain C. W. Hooper. 1896. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/54647.

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  • <p> In the letter Morgan discusses the Nicaraguan Canal issue, as well as the major economic policy issue of free silver. Regarding the canal issue, Morgan writes: "The canal is, with our people an Alabama question, for which nothing can be substituted." </p> <br> <p> John Tyler Morgan (1824-1907) served as a United States Senator from Alabama from 1877 until his death in 1907. As Senator, Morgan stressed global expansion and promoted white supremacy. He played a key role in initiating the Jim Crow era in Alabama. </p>
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