My Work Among the Freedmen
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Author | : Harriet M. Buss |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2021 |
ISBN-10 | : 0813946638 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780813946634 |
Rating | : 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis My Work Among the Freedmen by : Harriet M. Buss
Book excerpt: "An unabridged edition of the letters written by Harriet M. Buss to her parents during her time as a teacher for freedpeople in coastal South Carolina (1863-1864), Norfolk, Virginia (1868-1869), and Raleigh, North Carolina (1869-1871). Buss's long and varied experiences in the South were uncommon for a Northern woman in the Civil War era. In each place she worked, she taught in a different type of school and engaged with different types of students, and her correspondence offers a broad view of the Civil War era, as well as a social history of teachers and teaching"--