Historical Memoir: First Days Amongst the Contrabands
Subject
Elizabeth Botume
Title
Historical Memoir: First Days Amongst the Contrabands
Date
1893
Type
Historical Memoir
Description
Internet Archive features a 1893 memoir by Elizabeth Hyde Botume - a White missionary teacher who was sent to work with newly freed children in Beaufort and Edisto Island in South Carolina. In her memoir, First Days Amongst the Contrabands, Botume provides her personal reflections on why she became involved with the Freedman's Aid Society and documents her experiences working with newly freed people during the Port Royal Experiment.
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Publisher
Internet Archive (Contributor: West Virginia Wesleyan College)
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“Historical Memoir: First Days Amongst the Contrabands,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 10, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/793.