Black History Month Living History Presentation: African American Women During the Civil War

• 2014
• Talk & Interview

• Watchlist

The Civil War experiences of African-American women are shared by Annette Jefferson, including Susie King Taylor, who nursed with Clara Barton; Elizabeth Keckley, a confidant of Mary Todd Lincoln; Charlotte Forten, who taught freed slaves in the South; Harriet Tubman; and Sojourner Truth.