Artifacts that illustrate the mourning rituals followed by women during and after the Civil War.
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A letter written by Sarah Watie, wife of the leader of the Cherokee, describing the toll the American Civil War took on their nation.
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The war diary of Carrie Berry offers a ten year old's perspective on the siege and fall of Atlanta.
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This ad placed illustrates the efforts ex-slaves made to reunite with their families post-Emancipation.
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This collection of sources illustrates the backbreaking nature of laundry work, one of the few professional opportunities open to Black women in the Reconstruction Era.
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Photographs of a free Black family who lived in Atlanta through the antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction eras.
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