Historical Poem: Sunset on Edisto Beach, S.C.

Ellen Murray

Historical Poem: Sunset on Edisto Beach, S.C.

07/11/1863

Historical Poem

Scholarly Editing features an 1863 poem written by Ellen Murray, a White missionary teacher from Rhode Island and co-founder of Penn School in Beaufort County, South Carolina. The poem was published in the July 11, 1863 edition of the National Anti-Slavery Standard. The source provides contextual background information about the poem in the footnotes.

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Scholarly Editing (Original Publisher: National Anti-Slavery Standard)

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