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Tag Archives: freedmen
20 October 1864: “They put the men in the army and the women & children off in little huts to punish & freeze.”
Item Description: A letter, 20 October 1864, from Francis Hunt at Hunts Station, Tex. (or Tenn.), mentioning the poor condition of freedmen. She also mentioned family and personal matters. Item Citation: From Folder 5, in the Lipscomb Family Papers #429, Southern … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Civil War, Frances Hunt, freedmen, Hunt Family
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23 February 1863: “The negro soldiers have surpassed the expectations even of most of their friends.”
Item description: Letter, 23 February 1863, from Captain Edward W. Hooper (1839-1901) to Henry W. Foote. Capt. Hooper was serving on the staff of Gen. Rufus Saxton during the “Port Royal Experiment.” Item citation: Folder 1a in the Penn School Papers, #3615, Southern Historical … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged African American soldiers, Edward William Hooper, free people of color, freedmen, Penn School, Port Royal Experiment, Sea Islands, South Carolina, St. Helena Island, Union occupation
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23 July 1862: “There are very many ill of the fever & Ellen & I spend a good deal of time driving to Eustis’s, where there is a crowded & sickly set of people…”
Item citation: Diary entry of Laura Towne, dated 23 July 1862. In this entry Towne notes gathering provisions for the formerly enslaved men and women of Edisto Island, as well as the health of the African American population on St. … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged freedmen, Laura Towne, Penn School, South Carolina
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14 June 1862: “Distribution of Captured Rebel Soldiers’ Clothing to the Contrabands”
Item: “THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTH CAROLINA—HEADQUARTERS OF VINCENT COLLYER, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE POOR AT NEWBERNE-—DISTRIBUTION OF CAPTURED REBEL SOLDIERS’ CLOTHING TO THE CONTRABANDS.—From a Sketch by our Special Artist, J. H. Schell.—See Page 171.” Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, June 14, … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged clothing, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, freedmen, Vincent Colyer
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12 June 1862: “1. When slaves are taken from the possession of their legal masters, by violence offered by armed men and negroes, what redress shall be afforded to the owners and what protection for the future?”
Item description: This letter was written by Edward Stanly, Military Governor of North Carolina, in response to a request for information from Edwin Stanton, United States Secretary of War. In it Stanly asks for guidance on governing the relationships between … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged African Americans, Edward Stanly, Edwin M. Stanton, freedmen, North Carolina, occupation, occupied territory, schools, slaves, Union occupation
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6 June 1862: “…Governor Stanly has not been instructed by the government to prevent the education of children, white or black, in the State of North Carolina.”
Item description: This document, which was ordered to be printed by the United States House of Representatives, is a compilation of documents related to “the authority and action of the Hon. Edward Stanly, military governor of North Carolina.” It includes … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, children, education, Edward Stanly, Edwin M. Stanton, freedmen, occupation, resolutions, schools, Union occupation, United States Congress, United States House of Representatives
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28 May 1862: “‘Of course you are aware,’ said the Governor, ‘that the laws of the State make the opening of such schools a criminal offence.'”
Item description: This transcript, which details a conversation about schools for recently freed slaves in occupied North Carolina between Edward Stanly, Military Governor of North Carolina, and Vincent Colyer, Superintendent of the Poor under Union General Burnside, is extracted from … Continue reading
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Tagged Burnside, Charles Sumner, education, Edward Stanly, freedmen, North Carolina, occupation, occupied territory, schools, slaves, Union occupation, Vincent Colyer
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