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 Bibliography - Susie King Taylor 

Seed, D., Kenny, S. C., & Williams, C. (Eds.). (2015). Life and limb : Perspectives on the American Civil war. Liverpool University Press.

-King packed haversacks and cartridge packs

-although her occupation was a laundress, she spent more time carrying out orders and doing duties for officers

-Morris Island

McCurry, S. (2014). “In the company” with Susie King Taylor. America’s Civil War, 27(2),26–27. https://web.p.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=bdb9e1bc-bff4-4e62-a33e-abf9c485079%40redis&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d #AN=94501604&db=a2h.

-private school, children of freedom

-Union Daughters of the Confederacy

-fought to prevent slavery from being taught in schools

Littlefield, V. W. (Ed.). (2020). 101 Women Who Shaped South Carolina. University of South Carolina Press. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/wlu/reader.action ?docID=6415971&ppg=113.

-her private school failed because a free charter school for former slaves opened

-forced to become a domestic servant when her school closed - 1868

-moved to Boston, married Russell Taylor - 1879

-dead shot, possible picket line duty, used rifled muskets

While Taylor opened a school for African American children, who she called the "children of freedom," and an adult night school on South Broad Street, Edward tried to find a job in his trade as a carpenter. However, strong prejudices against the newly freed African Americans prevented Edward from securing a job despite being a skilled carpenter. In September 1866, Edward King died a few months before his child with Susie was born. Edward King died in a docking accident while he worked as a longshoreman. Although sources are a bit unclear on how many schools Taylor opened, they all state that she had to eventually closed them all as charter schools for African Americans were established and she could no longer make a living through teaching.

Although Susie's occupation title was laundress, while on Morris Island, she spent little time doing this duties. Rather, she packed haversacks and cartridge packs for the soldiers to use in combat and carried out orders for the commanders. She is also believed to have been entrusted with rifled muskets by the regiment's officers and rumored to be a dead shot. She was even trusted to engage in active picket line duty, contributing more to the war than education and nursing services.

After the Civil War, Susie continued to educate who she called the "children of freedom," by opening a private school that struggled to stay open.

Her history as an educator also fueled her activism as she challenged the Union Daughters of the Confederacy in their campaign to rid slavery from school curriculums.