He married Jane Cunningham, known as "Jennie June", in 1856. In 1863, during the Civil War, he co-authored the anonymous pamphlet The Theory of the Blending of the Races, Applied to the American White Man and Negro, which tried to discredit the abolitionist movement and the Lincoln Administration by playing on racist fears common among whites.
He married Jane Cunningham, known as "Jennie June", in 1856. During the Civil War in 1863, he co-authored a pamphlet titled "The Theory of the Blending of the Races," which aimed to discredit abolitionism and Lincoln's administration by exploiting racial anxieties among whites.