One of the things that I am fascinated by, in my researching and writing about Robert Gould Shaw, is the extent to which his understanding of slavery was transformed as a result of his extended service in Maryland and Virginia in 1861-62. Like many of his fellow Brahmin officers in the Second Massachusetts, Shaw had no direct connection to the instituti…
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