Today the New England Freedmen’s Aid Society convenes in Boston for its annual meeting. Founded on February 4, 1862, the northern, Christian-based Society provides teachers to educate freedmen. Initially based out of Port Royal, South Carolina, the Society in the ensuing years established schools in other Union-controlled areas such as the District of Columbia; Beaufort,…
Savannah, Georgia, a plantation-driven city of the Deep South of which Baptists have long claimed a formal dominance among slaves of religious persuasions, continues to undergo radical transformation almost three months after Union capture of the city. Many remaining white citizens are far from happy with the freedom now enjoyed by former slaves, freedom unimaginable…
The month of February draws to a close with four major, strategic cities of the Deep South under Union control: Atlanta, Savannah, Columbia and Charleston. In addition, the port city of Wilmington, North Carolina is also occupied, leaving the Confederacy with no ports from which to sail naval vessels. With the Union coastal blockade now…