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Tag Archives: Slavery
Contraband Needs in South Carolina
Overseers and Durable Clothing Union military success along the South Carolina coast created a logistics problem for General Thomas W. Sherman and Commodore Samuel F. Du Pont – as plantation owners have fled, thousands of slaves are looking for help … Continue reading
Singing and Laughing with Fred.
From The New-York Times February 13, 1862: FRED. DOUGLASS ON THE WAR.; An Interesting Meeting at the Cooper Institute A Speech by Fred. Douglas Songs by the Hutchinsons. A very large audience assembled at the Cooper Institute last evening, on … Continue reading
Jim Lane: Manservants and Reservations
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch February 13, 1862: What to do with our slaves. –Jim Lane made a speech last month at St. Louis, in which he said: “There are in the South 680,000 strong and loyal male slaves, who … Continue reading
Not an Abolitionist in the American Sense
A letter to Britain 150 years ago this week. To Sir Charles Lyell. Boston, February 11, 1862 MY DEAR LYELL,-No doubt, I ought to have written to you before. But I have had no heart to write to my friends … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, American Society
Tagged abolitionists, Charles Lyell, George Ticknor, Slavery
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Send Us Your Negroes
It’s the time of year when many agents are trying to drum up business for the new year. The following is the lead notice of several that are advertising the hiring out of negroes. I’m guessing, but apparently these agents … Continue reading
Colonizing Florida?
OBSERVER, a correspondent for The New-York Times thinks the Lincoln administration’s plans to colonize freed slaves would work better if the colony was in the rebel states – preferably Florida. From The New-York Times December 8, 1861: VIEWS FROM THE … Continue reading
Slaves’ “cat-like clinging” to Their Quarters
Since the Battle of Port Royal Union forces have been sort of making themselves at home along the South Carolina coast. The following article mentions some “reconnoissances”, one of which went as far south as Tybee Island near Savannah, Georgia. … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Military Matters
Tagged Port Royal, Savannah Georgia, Slavery, Tybee Island
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Up (Up, and Away) from Slavery
You can read a description of this image at the Library of Congress. Henry would almost certainly agree with the sentiment. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch November 22, 1861: Ranaway–$100 reward. –Ranaway, on Monday, a Negro Boy, named Henry; about … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Northern Society
Tagged abolitionists, Runaway Slaves, Slavery
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Drinking Swamp-Water at the Race Track
On May 31, 1861 The New-York Times reported on the observations of RICHARD FAIRCHILD, a British subject who had lived for several years in St. Mary’s Parish, Louisiana. Because he was British Louisiana authorities allowed him to leave the Bayou … Continue reading
Mr. Seymour, Black Slave Owner
On March 4, 1861 The New-York Times published a report by JASPER, the Charleston correspondent for The Times Here’s an excerpt (The New York Times Archive): CHARLESTON, C.S.A., Tuesday, Feb. 26, 1861. … There is a famous old darkey here, … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Secession and the Interregnum
Tagged Charleston, Slavery, South Carolina
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