Monthly Archives: September 2014

9/11 Memorial and Museum

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Donald R. Shaffer

Originally posted on Civil War Emancipation:
Your humble blogger at the 9/11 Memorial (North Tower pool) on Tuesday, July 22, 2014. The 9/11 Museum is in the far background behind the trees. Every now and then I devote this blog…

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“the longor you keep my Child from me the longor you will have to burn in hell and the qwicer youll get their” – The Spotswood Rice Letters

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Donald R. Shaffer

150 years ago this week, on September 3, 1864, a Missouri slave in the Union Army, wrote two of the most interesting surviving letters related to emancipation in the Civil War. The author of the letters was Spotswood Rice, a … Continue reading →

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