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May 1, 1861;
Memphis Daily Appeal
(Tennessee)
The Montgomery papers announce the fact that two negroes there had subscribed liberally to the Confederate loan–$200 each. The Gainesville niggers are not behind. Mr. T. D. Bell’s Henry (Henry says he was raised by Mr. Davenport, of Northumberland County, Va.) and Mr. R. G. McMahon’s “Jim Cotton” have gone into the support of the government, each taking a $50 bond, and paying the money down. They were greeted with hearty cheers by the assembled crowd.
At Warsaw, two negroes, one belonging to Mr. Little and the other to Mr. Gill, gave each $2.50 to the volunteer fund. Mr. Little’s man was “in luck.” Three or four gentlemen standing by were so pleased with his act that they made up for him $10 to take the place of his $2.50.