Freedmen and teachers in front of the Beaufort
Freedmen and teachers in front of the Beaufort Library, South Carolina, 1862. Young African American children, and possibly the soldiers, are students. Caucasian women standing on the porch at right, are their teachers, recruited by Gen. Thomas W. Shermans General Order No. 9, requesting Northern churches and the American Missionary Association send teachers for the ex-slaves. Civil War photograph by Hubbard &-Mix of Beaufort, SC
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13123072
Media ID
45382677
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2307px x 2400px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
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