Colby 107: Holidays at the South

Colby observes Christmas festivities far from his native New Hampshire …

Colby 54: Peaches

1862: An intriguing meditation on property, slavery, and justice by our Northern narrator:

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

1862: Dr. Esther sets out to write about freedmen volunteering to fight for the union, but once again encounters her own racial prejudices …

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

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

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