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6. Religious Instruction of the Colored Population. A Sermon Preached by the Rev. John B. Adger, In The Second Presbyterian Church, Charleston, S.C. May 9th, 1847.

Religious Instruction of the Colored Population. A Sermon Preached by the Rev. John B. Adger, In The Second Presbyterian Church, Charleston, S.C. May 9th, 1847.
Date:
1889
Description:
A sermon delivered by Reverend John B. Adger in The Second Presbyterian Church, Charleston, S.C. May 9th, 1847. The speech stresses the master's caring for enslaved people, often quoting the New Testament and Old Testament. References to Jesus's compassion for the care and teaching of the poor. Stresses the role of paternalism in the treatment of enslaved peoples and teaching of the gospel. Originally bound in v. 22 of the Thomas Smith Grimke pamphlet collection.

7. A Southern Woman's Story of Her Imprisonment During the War of 1861 and 1862

A Southern Woman's Story of Her Imprisonment During the War of 1861 and 1862
Date:
1889-10
Description:
A typescript recollection written by Eugenia Phillips, entitled, "A Southern Woman's Story of Her Imprisonment During the War of 1861 and 1862," October, 14, 1889. This recollection is written in regards to Phillips' imprisonment, first in Washington D.C. and later on Ship Island, M.S., during the Civil War. This recollection also includes Eugenia's comments on the beginnings of the Civil War, her treatment by the Union troops, traveling with her family, and her experience at the Union prison and detention center on Ship Island, M.S.

8. Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society Meeting Minutes, 1869-1915

Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society Meeting Minutes, 1869-1915
Date:
1890-1899, 1900-1909, 1880-1889, 1870-1879, 1860-1869, and 1910-1919
Description:
Meeting minutes volume kept by the Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society, 1869-1915. The volume contains sporadic entries regarding all Society business, data on constitutions, finances, membership, aid given by the Society. The volume also includes resolutions on the deaths of members including that of Miss Sally Lopez, founder of the Society.

9. KKBE Meeting Minutes, 1875-1884

KKBE Meeting Minutes, 1875-1884
Date:
1880-1889 and 1870-1879
Description:
Meeting minutes volume kept by the Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Board of Trustees, 1875-1884. The entries in this volume cover all synagogue business, finances, membership, ministers, the introduction of pews to the synagogue, and synagogue music. The volume also includes entries regarding the death of Miss Penina Moise, a prominent poet and member of the congregation.

10. "Reminiscences of the Late Civil War," 1876

Date:
1876
Description:
Manuscript entitled, "Reminiscences of the Late Civil War," written by William Hallett Phillips, August 1876. The manuscript includes recollections of Phillips' family's life during the Civil War. Phillips relates various experiences including the imprisonment of his mother, Eugenia Phillips, in Washington, D.C. and on Ship Island, the hanging of William Bruce Mumford, hiding valuables from Union troops, women during the war, being a young boy at the time of the war, and reactions to General Lee's surrender.