April 12, 2024
1864 Beaufort SC Letter Teacher Slaves 27 Blacks Become Soldiers
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1864 Beaufort SC Letter Teacher Slaves 27 Blacks Become Soldiers Letter to Catherine Noyes from a Fellow Teacher This is a wonderful 4 page handwritten letter to Catherine Noyes, who went to South Carolina during the Civil War to teach former slaves. The letter is from Beaufort, South Carolina in 1864 and is from a fellow teacher letting her know how things are going in Beaufort. There is great content throughout. It still has its original envelope. It says in part, It did not seem half so strange to go up to Capt John’s and see no ladies as it does now to see the venerable dames who have taken your places. I don’t enjoy the change. Mrs Vaughan is quite old and Ms G described her nicely ina letter as Mr F’s grandmother…Her dismal groans over the house and servants are funny to hear. They have lost Phebe and taken Lucy. This month Mrs H Keeeps house, they both keep school… Dick is discharged for cheating in the horses feed, stealing wood…and they have Robert in his place. They have no boy for Ms H can’t bear to see him about the table. They had Dick’s Tom when they came so you can imagine the impression she received of boys. Your old Thomas was dismissed after you left and when Mr F tried to get him again his father wanted a quarter of a dollar a day, which of course was out of the question… Twenty seven men from our places have
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