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Families unite to discuss shared histories of slavery, plantation life, Civil War
Families discuss histories of slavery, plantation life, Civil War
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By Karen Rohr
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Saturday, December 21, 2013
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Families unite to discuss shared histories of slavery, plantation life, Civil War
Families discuss histories of slavery, plantation life, Civil War
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By Karen Rohr
[email protected]
Saturday, December 21, 2013
© Copyright 2013 Newton
Charles Hicks worked as a slave on the plantation of Hester Keefer Hicks, a widow who owned about 700 acres in the Oak Hill area in Newton County. In his early 20s, towards the end of the Civil War, Hicks left his home in Newton County and joined the Union Army, serving for nine months in the 138th regiment, an all-black infantry unit.
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