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We tend to view the Shaw story as one about a heroic act (starting an African American regiment) amid a sea of racial and sectional tensions. Is this reputation deserved? We have become accustomed to cynicism regarding the motives of others in the study of Civil War memory. Is this one of the few that is cut-and-dry? -DRadtke | We tend to view the Shaw story as one about a heroic act (starting an African American regiment) amid a sea of racial and sectional tensions. Is this reputation deserved? We have become accustomed to cynicism regarding the motives of others in the study of Civil War memory. Is this one of the few that is cut-and-dry? -DRadtke | ||
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| + | Heyward Shepard was a /freeman/ when he was killed, why was his death used to support the Faithful Slave monument at Harper’s Ferry? –Megan Mc. | ||