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Martha Schofield notes on racial violence
Title:
Martha Schofield notes on racial violence
Description:
Primarily notes and letters in Martha Schofield's handwriting concerning instances of racial violence in South Carolina, including the Hamburg and Ellenton Riots. The 1876 Hamburg and Ellenton riots were instances of widespread violence perpetrated against African Americans at the end of the Reconstruction era, leading to multiple deaths. Includes a copy of a letter by Milly Bush about her murdered husband David Bush.
Date:
1870-1877
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Philena Heald Letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Philena Heald Letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Text is faded. Like Schofield, Philena Heald taught freedmen in South Carolina after the Civil War. Heald describes her school and students, who are "breathless in attention and catch every word we say." She describes in detail the house where she is living, in which rebels once resided. She also describes attending a Black church. She expresses a desire to see Schofield since they are now living so close to each other.
Date:
1866-02-18
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Anonymous hate mail to Martha Schofield
Title:
Anonymous hate mail to Martha Schofield
Description:
Anonymous hate mail. Signed "a Maine man living here for 40 years." Responds to a letter by Martha Schofield published in the New York Herald Tribune (15 November 1876) describing the violence southern whites committed on African Americans. Accuses Schofield of deliberately lying to get attention. "Just such Cattle as you, are the ones that keep up strife between [North] and South."
Date:
1876-12-06
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Eliza H. Schofield letter to the Principal of the Baker Institute
Title:
Eliza H. Schofield letter to the Principal of the Baker Institute
Description:
Eliza H. Schofield was Martha Schofield's sister. Describes the antagonistic relationship between Martha Schofield and Mary A. Sharp, who traveled to South Carolina together to teach African American freedmen after the Civil War. Details Sharp's attempts to ruin Schofield's reputation.
Date:
1867-11-18
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Elizabeth Dorsey letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Elizabeth Dorsey letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Dorsey was treasurer of the Germantown Freedmen's Aid Association, an important source of funding for Martha Schofield's school in Aiken. Discusses Schofield's poor health and its impact on her teaching. Talks about Yearly Meeting; tells Schofield her sister Lydia Schofield spoke well about the freedmen. Describes Lucretia Mott, who attended the meeting. Discusses setbacks in national politics.
Date:
1868-05-17
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Elizabeth Dorsey letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Elizabeth Dorsey letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Probably written by teacher Elizabeth "Lizzie" Dorsey. Describes guests she recently had, several recent illnesses and deaths, and other recent news of family and friends. Mentions that Martha has been trying to get her students "ready for 'College.'"
Date:
1873-01-11
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Elizabeth Dorsey letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Elizabeth Dorsey letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Elizabeth Dorsey was treasurer of the Germantown Freedmen's Aid Association, an important source of funding for Martha Schofield's school in Aiken. Describes Isaac N. Rendall's report of the academic progress of Schofield's former students Allen A. Scott and Lawrence Obanyon Posey at Lincoln University and discusses the lack of funding to sponsor other African American students. Briefly talks about the recent death of Mr. Webb.
Date:
1871-02-05
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Laura M. Towne letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Laura M. Towne letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Laura Matilda Towne was an abolitionist, doctor, educator, and founder of the first schools for African American freedmen. Schofield and Towne worked together teaching freedmen on the Sea Islands of South Carolina. Is glad to hear that Schofield is settling comfortably into her new house and job in Aiken. Has shipped most of Schofield's belongings to her and requests a value estimate for the remaining supplies, which she is keeping for the other teachers. Discusses news concerning St. Helena and the school, including the teachers moving to Frogmore, the enlargement of the school house, the need for supplies, and more. Mentions multiple teachers and freedmen, including Schofield's former student Caroline Green.
Date:
1868-12-20
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lawrence Obanyon Posey letter to Allen A. Scott
Title:
Lawrence Obanyon Posey letter to Allen A. Scott
Description:
Written from Congress Hall. Lawrence Obanyon Posey and Allen A. Scott were African Americans from Aiken, South Carolina. Both had studied at Martha Schofield's school in Aiken and gone on to Lincoln University. Describes Cape May. Says he has gone there to work as a waiter. Mentions gardening in exchange for board while at Lincoln University. Expresses dislike of the vices present in Cape May and fears that he will yield to temptation if he stays there. Discusses his financial situation. Is worried he will be robbed. Misses Schofield.
Date:
1871-08-21
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lawrence Obanyon Posey letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Lawrence Obanyon Posey letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Written from Lincoln University. Lawrence Obanyon Posey was an African American man from Aiken, South Carolina, who studied at Martha Schofield's school in Aiken. Posey went on to study at Lincoln and Howard Universities, ultimately graduating from Howard's law school in 1882 as valedictorian. Mentions Allen A. Scott, another former student of Schofield's who studied at Lincoln, and Elizabeth Dorsey, a Quaker woman involved with Schofield's school. Discusses his studies and summer plans. Describes the planting of a class tree.
Date:
1871-05-14
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Joseph D. Steele letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Joseph D. Steele letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Responds to a letter by Martha Schofield published in the New York Herald Tribune (15 November 1876) describing the violence southern whites committed on African Americans. Offers details about his life and family. Says he teaches at a school for African Americans. Discusses African Americans' schools and churches in Missouri, as well as backlash against them. Asks for a response from Schofield suitable for partial publication in Presbyterian newspapers. Discusses a Presbyterian minister named Hemphill whom he met in South Carolina.
Date:
1876-12-03
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Laura M. Towne letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Laura M. Towne letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Laura Matilda Towne was an abolitionist, doctor, educator, and founder of the first schools for African American freedmen. Updates Schofield on recent events since she left St. Helena Island. Discusses the lack of food available for the Island's residents. Shares news about multiple individuals including her co-teacher Ellen Murray, an African American boy named Pompey, and Schofield's student Caroline Green, from whom she has enclosed a letter (A00182768). Discusses the possibilty of Schofield leaving St. Helena permanently to work in Aiken; tells her to keep in contact.
Date:
1868-06-14
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
John Mason Rice letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
John Mason Rice letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Responds to a letter by Martha Schofield published in the New York Herald Tribune (15 November 1876) describing the violence southern whites committed on African Americans. Thanks her for her bravery. Discusses the election fraud and political violence he has seen since moving to Georgia from New York. Postscript written by Mrs. H.G. Rice.
Date:
1876-12-12
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary H. Child letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Mary H. Child letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Mary H. Child was Martha Schofield's mother. Discusses Schofield's decision to donate part of her Aiken property to the town for a school house. Asks for more information about her lot. Mentions the passage of the fifteenth amendment. Passes on news of friends and family. Plans to hear Anna E. Dickinson lecture later in the week. Discusses visiting Swarthmore College.
Date:
1870-04-03
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary H. Child letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Mary H. Child letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Mary H. Child was Martha Schofield's mother. Discusses the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, with speakers such as Lucretia Mott and Sojourner Truth. Mentions an upcoming lecture on capital punishment. Describes her appeal for the freedmen in Washington, D.C.
Date:
1869-11-21
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
S.C. Armstrong letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
S.C. Armstrong letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Samuel C. Armstrong was best known as an educator who founded Hampton University in Virginia (originally the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute for African Americans) and the Hampton University Museum, which is the oldest African American museum in the country. Written on the stationery of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. Praises Schofield's efforts, promises to refund the money she spent sending him several students, and comments on the intelligence of African Americans.
Date:
1872-10-18
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sadie Brouwer Bartram letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Sadie Brouwer Bartram letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Martha Schofield met Sadie Brouwer Bartram in 1859 while teaching at a school in Harrison, New York, and the two remained close friends. Brouwer wishes Schofield luck in her work in the South but will miss her very much. She reminisces about when she and Schofield first met and talks about the close relationship they have had through the years.
Date:
1865-09-08
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
S. C. Armstrong letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
S. C. Armstrong letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
S. C. Armstrong was the principal of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia. Written to Martha Schofield in response to several letters she wrote describing the social conditions of African Americans in South Carolina which were published in the N.Y. Tribune. Thanks her for what she wrote and invites her to visit his school.
Date:
1877-01-24
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Robert R. Corson letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Robert R. Corson letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Robert R. Corson was Corresponding Secretary for the Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association. Written on the letterhead of the Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association. In an unofficial capacity, encourages Schofield not to overtax herself by postponing her summer vacation. ********** "I'm sure we ought to be glad to find persons so glad to work as you all seem to be, but you must not forget that three of you cannot do *all* the work there is to be done."
Date:
1870-05-14
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
S. M. Landon letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
S. M. Landon letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
S. M. Landon [sp] describes her life as a new teacher on St. Helena Island, South Carolina, where Martha Schofield previously worked. Shares news about the island's inhabitants, including teachers Laura M. Towne and Ellen Murray moving to Frogmore and Schofield's previous students. Wishes there was another teacher to help her. Is thankful for the supplies Schofield left behind when she moved to Aiken and offers to reimburse her for the canned food. Is interested in hearing about Schofield's new school.
Date:
1869-01-07
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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