Bøger af Susie King Taylor

Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33D United States Colored Troops, Late 1St S. C. Volunteers is the amazing story of Susie Taylor, a woman born into slavery in Georgia. She married Edward King of the 33rd U.S. Colored Infantry and served as the regiment's nurse and cook among other duties.

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Chronicles daily life on the battlefront, and also records interactions between blacks and whites, men and women, and northerners and southerners during and after the war. The author tells of being born into slavery and of learning, in secret, to read and write.