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Colby 64: “Even the Negroes”

1862: Colby vents his jealousy of the treatment received by former slaves ...

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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 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 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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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!