What a Photograph Can Tell Us About Robert Gould Shaw and Slavery
Last night I had the pleasure of speaking to the Joshua L. Chamberlain Civil War Roundtable in Brunswick, Maine. My subject was Robert Gould Shaw’s nineteen months with the 2nd Massachusetts Regiment before taking command of the 54th Massachusetts—the first all black regiment raised in the North. I focused on a number of themes from this period and used…
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