Extracts from letters written to family while teaching on Wadmala Island, 1865 - 1866
Scope and Contents
51 pages. Notebook containing extracts of letters written by Martha Schofield during her time on Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina, where she worked as a teacher of African American freedmen (1865-1866); primarily addressed to her family and copied by her mother, Mary H. Child. Loose scrap paper/notes enclosed, including a document titled "Written 1st Month 1831 in a Season of Mournful Meditation," possibly written by Mary H. Child about the death of her mother Jane Hough Jackson (1776-1830).
Subjects: Schofield, Martha; Personal Correspondence; Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877); Women in education; Women teachers; Freedmen; Freedmen--Education; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Services for; Voyages and travels; Slavery; Excerpts;
Relevant locations: Rockville (S.C.); Wadmalaw Island (S.C.)
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1865 - 1866
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