Tag: slaves
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Colby 107: Holidays at the South
Colby observes Christmas festivities far from his native New Hampshire …
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Colby 54: Peaches
1862: An intriguing meditation on property, slavery, and justice by our Northern narrator:
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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 …