My work among the freedmen the Civil War and Reconstruction letters of Harriet M. Buss

"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 u...

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1. Verfasser: Buss, Harriet M. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: White, Jonathan W. (HerausgeberIn), Davis, Lydia J. (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Charlottesville ; London University of Virginia Press 2021
Schriftenreihe:A nation divided: studies in the Civil War era
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Zusammenfassung:"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"--
Beschreibung:xxxiii, 205 Seiten
Illustrationen, Porträts
24 cm
ISBN:9780813946634
978-0-8139-4663-4