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My Work among the Freedmen : The Civil War and Reconstruction Letters of Harriet M. Buss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Buss, Harriet M.
- Series:
- A Nation Divided
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Southern States--Race relations--History--19th century.
- Southern States.
- Buss, Harriet M., 1825 or 1826-1895--Correspondence.
- Buss, Harriet M.
- Women teachers--United States--19th century--Correspondence.
- Women teachers.
- Women, White--United States--19th century--Correspondence.
- Women, White.
- Freed persons--United States.
- Freed persons.
- African American students--Southern States--History--19th century.
- African American students.
- Teaching--Social aspects--Southern States.
- Teaching.
- Genre:
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 pages)
- Other Title:
- My work among the freedmen
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Note on Method
- Abbreviations
- 1: Beaufort, South Carolina, 1863
- 2: Hilton Head, South Carolina, 1863-1864
- 3: Massachusetts, 1864-1868
- 4: Norfolk, Virginia, 1868-1869
- 5: Raleigh, North Carolina,1869-1870
- 6: Raleigh, North Carolina,1870-1871
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
- Recent Books in the Series.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780813946641
- 0813946646
- OCLC:
- 1289805453
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