United States, 39.76, -98.5Way, William1865-12-24Way discusses Emancipation and the general circumstances of newly freed people in the South. "I never advocated compulsive emancipation, but believed that it would prove, to be in the interest, both of the slave [and] his master if he were freed; And if masters had have conferred the hour of freedom on the slave in time of peace, the result would have been different"image/jp2enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)Slavery--United StatesTeachers--Georgia--CorrespondenceQuakersEnslaved persons--GeorgiaSlavery--Georgia--HistoryUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--CausesLetter -- from William M. Way to Jennie SmithText