Civil War | Finding Freedom | 8
American History Tellers
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The Role of Black Women in the Assistance of the Union
Susie king taylor was born in georgia, and she secretly learned how to read and write. She started off nursing soldiers, doing laundry, cooking, teaching newly freed people in the camps. The service doesn't come without cost or consequences for women and girls who are doing this kind of work for the union army. Many women and children are tortured and killed.
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