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Sailors, Slaves, and Henry P. Moore
While doing some research for an upcoming post, I came across several photographs by Henry P. Moore, a New Hampshire artist who traveled to South Carolina in 1862. Like many of his colleagues, Moore capitalized on the outbreak of the … Continue reading
Posted in Navies, Photography, Slavery
Tagged 3rd New Hampshire Regiment, contraband, Henry P. Moore, navy, Photography, Sailors, Sea Islands, Slavery, South Carolina, USS Vermont, USS Wabash
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The Port Royal Experiment—Setting the Stage for Reconstruction, Part Two
This is part two in a series. Edward Pierce, an agent to the Federal Government sent to visit Port Royal and the surrounding islands of South Carolina, wrote an in depth anthropological style report on the African American population abandoned … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Reconstruction, Slavery
Tagged African Americans, contraband, cotton, Edward Pierce, Port Royal Experiment, Reconstruction, Sea Islands, Slavery
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