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- ?. Freedmen on Island 63
- Locations
- Island 63, Mississippi River (Civil War), Arkansas
- Researcher
- Sarah Johnson
- Researcher's E-mail
- sarah.blake.johnson AT gmail.com
- Researcher Location
- Comments
- Austin Barrow, Archibald Gordon, Amanda Dunn, Aunt Julia are specific names included in this source. Stories and details of Freedmen are mentioned in the autobiography (pages 4-12) of William Penn Hunnicutt (Quaker) who went to Mississippi during Civil War to teach freedmen how to read and write. He also includes other interesting stories about freedmen on Island 63 and a skirmish fought by freedmen.
- On-line Tree or Website
- https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/3482628?cid=mem_copy or https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/K2YH-NCS (Documents --this one has no title, but is his autobiography). The information about the freedmen is on pages 4-12.
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- 1444
- Research Record ID (Do not modify)
- BEA847Z
- Date Recorded
- 2021-06-28 00:42:02
- Date Updated
- 2021-06-28 00:42:02
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