Tag: Esther Hill Hawks
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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 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 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 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 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 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…