Episode #2
Somewhere Toward Freedom with Bennett Parten
Somewhere Toward Freedom with Bennett Parton Topics Discussed: About the author Bennett Parton and his educational and professional background The inspiration the lead Bennett to write the book Bennett discusses his approach to writing the book and his desire to cover the campaign differently then it was previously written The size of the enslaved refugees following the Mach versus the size of the city or Savannah The role Henry Hitchcock had during the campaign and how his journal was used as a primary account for the Book When did Sherman start encountering enslaved people that wanted to follow his Army as refugees? Definition of a driver was on a southern plantation and the difficulties they found themselves in Moments that showed the brutality of slavery for Hitchcock and the Union Stories of how the enslaved people found along the way helped Union soldiers during forging expeditions The role of forgers during the campaign The biblical view of Sherman's march from the enslaved perspective as Jubilee Discussion on if the Union knew before the campaign that formerly enslaved would follow the Army The Union Armies refugee policy Stories plantation owners told the enslaved about Sherman's Army and what exactly the enslaved knew to be true through secret word of mouth communication systems Jefferson C. Davis's actions at Ebenezer Creek that stranded hundreds of refugees Sherman's reputation after the war in the South Surprising revolutions that the author found while researching this book and his next project Show References: Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman's March and the Story of America's Largest Emancipation - Bennett Parten The March - E.L. Doctorow Ragtime - E.L. Doctorow Gettysburg - 1993 Movie Lies My Teacher Told Me: Young Readers' Edition: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong - James W. Loewen The Port Royal Experiment: A Case Study in Development - Kevin Dougherty Rehearsal for Reconstruction: The Port Royal Experiment - Willie Lee Rose Through the Heart of Dixie: Sherman's March and American Memory - Anne Sarah Rubin A Nation under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration - Steven Hahn Support the Show: Addressing Gettysburg Patreon: Join Today! www.patreon.comAddressing Gettysburg Grab some merch: Addressing Gettysburg Heritage Depot Shop Get yer Little Ground Top and start your day the Gettysburg way: www.addressinggettysburg.com/cafe Donate to The Digital History Pioneers Foundation: https://dhpioneers.com Get all your Gettysburg and Civil War books at For the Historian - Mention Addressing Gettysburg to get 20% off www.forthehistorian.webstoreplace.com Addressing Gettysburg is recorded at the Gettysburg Museum of History Studios www.gettysburgmuseumofhistory.com
