Reminiscences of My Life in Camp: An African American Woman's Civil War Memoir - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Susie King Taylor, Catherine Clinton (Illustrator)Publish date:2006-04-25Pages:136
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820326665ISBN-10:820326666UPC:9780820326665Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Women, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, United StatesBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:6.93 x 5.01 x 0.41 inchesWeight:0.291Product ID:SCF5Y02ZK3
Reminiscences of My Life in Camp: An African American Woman's Civil War Memoir
Near the end of her classic wartime account, Susie King Taylor writes, "there are many people who do not know what some of the colored women did during the war." For her own part, Taylor spent four years--without pay or formal training--nursing sick and wounded members of a black regiment of Union soldiers. In addition, she worked as a camp cook, laundress, and teacher. Written from a perspective...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820326665ISBN-10:820326666UPC:9780820326665Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Women, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, United StatesBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:6.93 x 5.01 x 0.41 inchesWeight:0.291Product ID:SCF5Y02ZK3
SUSIE KING TAYLOR (1848-1912) was the only African American woman to publish a memoir of her wartime experiences and the first African American to teach openly in a school for former slaves in Georgia.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
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