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I agree with Aqsa...Louticia Jackson takes such a personal interest in Willes which seems interesting and out of the norm. However, she was quick to mention at the end of the excerpt that she could "see his evil influence" (265). Obviously, Jackson was still aware of the racial divide and did not see Willes on the same level. --Ellen S. | I agree with Aqsa...Louticia Jackson takes such a personal interest in Willes which seems interesting and out of the norm. However, she was quick to mention at the end of the excerpt that she could "see his evil influence" (265). Obviously, Jackson was still aware of the racial divide and did not see Willes on the same level. --Ellen S. | ||
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| + | The pain and frustration that Louticia Jackson is feeling when she wrote this letter is very obvious. The fact that her slaves are acting out and she is only "doing the best we know, or as good as we can" is only adding to the pain of having her son gone. I too find it interesting that even though she is obviously frustrated with her slaves, she goes to such great lengths to take care of Willes when he is sick. --Grace C. | ||
== Eva Jones to Mary Jones, her mother-in-law, 1865 == | == Eva Jones to Mary Jones, her mother-in-law, 1865 == | ||
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== Cornelia Hancock, Union Nurse, 1863 == | == Cornelia Hancock, Union Nurse, 1863 == | ||
| + | I was struck by Cornelia Hancock’s accounts. I was surprised that there were so few women working as nurses, I wonder how Cornelia came to be a nurse in this area? She came across as a very strong woman: “I don not mind the sight of blood, have seen limbs taken off and was not sick at all.” Though she cries when the soldiers ask her to write their wives, I guess that’s something that she can relate to more. -- Emma | ||
== Caroline Kirkland, 1863, defends Northern women’s support of Northern men == | == Caroline Kirkland, 1863, defends Northern women’s support of Northern men == | ||
