Papers, 1861-1865.

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Papers, 1861-1865.

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Chiefly letters written by Lucy C. Russel, daughter of William Russel, during the time when the family lived on the Childress Plantation near Murfreesburo, Tennessee. By 1864 Russel had moved most of his family to the plantation as a Reconstruction experiment. Lucy's plantation letters are addressed to Ellen Jackson, an aunt in Boston, Mass., and concern the family's adjustment to a new climate and living conditions, cotton farming, and the lifestyles of the freed African-American laborers they employed. Four letters (1861-1863) written by William Russel discuss the attack on Fort Wagner, the desire of another daughter, Sophie, to become a nurse on a floating hospital ship, and disturbances in N.Y. City, perhaps draft riots. Two Federal passes from 1865 are also included.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Russel, Sophie.

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Jackson, Ellen.

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Ellen Swepson Jackson was the founder/executive director of Operation Exodus, a program to bus inner-city students from Boston to suburban schools. She is co-author of Family Experiences in Operation Exodus, Inc. (1967), and since 1978 has served as dean and director of affirmative action at Northeastern University. From the description of Papers, 1968, n.d. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007305 ...

Russel, Lucy C.

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Russel, William C. (William Channing), 1814-1896

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Lawyer, of New York, N.Y. From the description of Correspondence, 1856-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20273051 Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x0003a8 Lawyer and abolitionist from New York, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1861-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 34300641 First vice president an...