Prince Rivers and the Post-Civil War South Carolina Legislature
By Stephen Berry and Kurt Luther Prince Rivers (c. 1822-1887) was born enslaved in South Carolina and worked as a coachman before escaping to Union lines in 1862. He became
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A Will to Teach
By Melissa A. Winn In a recent string of Facebook Messenger exchanges—filled with shared images, notes, links, and plenty of appreciative “oohs” and “ahhs” (the kind of conversation many readers
Ball’s Wartime Camp Scene
By Buck Zaidel Four cartes de visite produced in Cincinnati during the Civil War years reveal how one of America’s most important 19th century photographers used painted backdrops as visual
Shifting Terminology for Enslaved People
As the Civil War transformed the legal and social status of Black Americans, the language used to describe them evolved as well. In 1861, Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler claimed