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:
Hawks 20: Their Environment
1862: Dr. Esther confronts head-on the situation of the South Carolina Freedmen:
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 …
Hawks 18: Morality
1862: Dr. Esther’s observations of the “peculiar characteristics of the negro”:
Hawks 17: Merely a Subterfuge
1862: Dr. Esther suspects the former slaves are trying to trick her …
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 …