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“Startling Revelations from the Department of South Carolina,” 1864

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Courtesy of Library of Congress, Knox, Thomas P., "Startling Revelations from the Department of South Carolina, and Expose of the so Called National Freedmen's Relief Association," Anglo-African, pp. 6–7, 1864

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The following excerpt was taken from an article that appeared in the Anglo-African magazine in 1864. In the article, Dr. Thomas P. Knox, who was hired as a doctor to treat freed slaves in South Carolina, recounts his firing and brief confinement in jail on orders of General Saxton, the commander of South Carolina. While doing so, he is also critical of the National Freedmen’s Relief Association, which was designed to assist newly emancipated former slaves across the South. In addition, in this excerpt, he discusses the unequal pay freemen receive for the same labor done by whites. 

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  • According to the author, how helpful to the freedmen of South Carolina were northerners who moved there? Use evidence from the text to support your position.
  • Cite specific passages from the text to characterize the freedmen.

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Knox, Thomas P., "Startling Revelations from the Department of South Carolina, and Expose of the so Called National Freedmen's Relief Association," Anglo-African, pp. 6–7, 1864. Courtesy of Library of Congress