Historical Photograph: Miss Harriet Ware of Milton, Massachusetts, 1834-1920

Harriet Ware

Historical Photograph: Miss Harriet Ware of Milton, Massachusetts, 1834-1920

1887

Historical Photograph

The University of North Carolina Special Collections Library features a 1887 photo of Harriet Ware - a White missionary teacher from Massachusetts - who was sent to teach newly freed people in the South Carolina Sea Islands during the Civil War. Ware was photographed from the waist up in a long sleeve dress with a light colored headdress.

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University of North Carolina (Contributor: Penn Center)

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