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Susie King Taylor, Civil War Teacher and Nurse

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Dolly Reed's Story of the Civil War

Susie's literacy made it possible for her grandmother to go places she would not have been able to otherwise. Georgia already had numerous laws in place restricting the movements of both enslaved and free people of color, something that escalated after the start of the war. Dolly Reed used these passes to meet with other members of Savannah's black community. She was arrested at one of those meetings when police broke up this meeting and arrested everyone there.

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