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  1. A Reporters Response to Frederick Douglass
    date March 7, 1895map BEAUFORT, South Carolinatags African-Americans, Education

    On March 7, 1895 an African American reporter wrote quite a compelling article in New South, a local black newspaper in Beaufort, South Carolina. The article told the story of a slave boy abandoned at a young age who had to scrounge for food in order to survive. The author explained the many hardships and troubles this black youth experienced throughout his life. As the boy grew older he learned to...