| From the Memphis Appeal |
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| January 8, 1861 |
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| Negroes on {Memphis
&} Charleston Railroad |
| This road has adopted a most strenuous
system respecting the passage of negroes over the road. When a white
man applies for a ticket for a black one to go over the road, he must
satisfy the ticket agent, by the hands of a known and responsible
party, that he has a right to secure transit of the negro. A railroad
pass is then given, and the party taking it signs a receipt, which is
also signed by the agent selling the ticket. |
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