1862: Dr. Esther confronts head-on the situation of the South Carolina Freedmen:
Category Archives: 1st SC Volunteers
Hawks 19: The Lowest Type
1862: Dr. Esther sets out to write about freedmen volunteering to fight for the union, but once again encounters her own racial prejudices …
Hawks 52: Emancipation! (January 1st, 1863)
1862-3: NH doctor ESTHER HILL HAWKS rings in the New Year with the 1st South Carolina (Colored) Regiment … as the Emancipation Proclamation take effect, and the Union is changed forever!