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Tag: Esther Hill Hawks

Hawks 20: Their Environment

1862: Dr. Esther confronts head-on the situation of the South Carolina Freedmen:

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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 …

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Hawks 18: Morality

1862: Dr. Esther’s observations of the “peculiar characteristics of the negro”:

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Hawks 17: Merely a Subterfuge

1862: Dr. Esther suspects the former slaves are trying to trick her …

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Hawks 16: Praise & Pride

1862: Many of Dr. Esther’s notes on the freedmen of South Carolina seem to mix equal parts observation and prejudice …

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Hawks 15: Looms Up the Grand Mansion

1862: Dr. Hawks explores the “grand mansions” & grounds of Beaufort …

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Hawks 14: The Shell Road

1862: Scenic South Carolina in the midst of war …

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Hawks 13: From a Military Point of View

1862: Dr. Hawks lays out some of the military realities of her surroundings …

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Hawks 12: No One Is Punished

1862: General Saxton confronts the ruthless tide of violence against former slaves …

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Hawks 11: Every Indignity Which Human Ingenuity Could Devise

1862: Even worse than property damage is the abuse of former slaves by Northern soldiers …

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HEROES Exhibit (Newport)

LIVE FREE AND DRAW debuts the latest Esther Hill Hawks poster in this community-wide open show…

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Hawks: Nursing the 54th Massachusetts (poster)

1863: Dr. Esther Hill Hawks confronts many of her own racial preconceptions when she finds herself managing the camp hospital that receives over 500 wounded men of the 54th MA following their assault on Fort Wagner…

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Hawks 23: 300 Pupils

1862: Dr. Esther loses her voice teaching 300 freedmen students at a time …

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Hawks 22: Eager to Go to School

1862: Roman poets among the ruins …

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Hawks 10: Mere Love of Destroying

1862: Dr. Hawks continues to document the depredations of Union troops occupying coastal South Carolina …

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Hawks 21: Family of Servants

1862: Dr. Esther has some help at her new home in South Carolina …

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Hawks 9: Beautiful City

1862: Dr. Esther seems to have a weak spot for the opulent luxury of plantation culture …

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Hawks 8: Miserable Night

1862: Dr. Esther’s party passes a difficult first night in their new quarters …

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Hawks 7: Home

1862: Dr. Esther & her band of missionary women arrive at their new quarters …

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Hawks 6: Take Us in Charge

1862: Dr. Hawks’ party steps onshore in occupied South Carolina …

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Hawks 4: Unfit for Ocean Travel

1862: To South Carolina, by leaky boat full of diseased soldiers …

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Hawks 3: Lovejoys Hotel

1862: Dr. Esther makes friends during a short stop in a stinky New York hotel room…

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Hawks 2: Alone in the City

1862: Dr. Hawks makes her way South, towards mission work with the freedmen…

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Hawks 1: Civil War Diary (cover)

1862: A color cover of Manchester native Dr. Esther Hill Hawks, all alone on the pier at New York City, on her way to occupied South Carolina…

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