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A union-occupation newspaper in South Carolina...
A union-occupation newspaper in South Carolina...
Item # 701672
January 10, 1863
THE FREE SOUTH, Beaufort, South Carolina, Jan. 10, 1863
* Rare Union occupation publication
On November 7, 1861, the Union Navy seized control of Port Royal Harbor in South Carolina, securing a beachhead for a new kind of journalism--the occupation newspaper. Whereas many of the homegrown South Carolina newspapers defended secession and championed the military victories of the Confederate States Army, the Republican newspapers that sprang up in Beaufort County aimed to bolster the Union cause.
On the death above the weekly Beaufort Free South was born. The newspaper included fiery editorials that would have hardly endeared the Free South to any native Southerners. In the May 16 issue a writer noted: “...A rebel has but two rights-a constitutional right to be hung and a divine right to be damned. We hope ‘our southern brethren’ will all avail themselves of their rights...”.
In November, 1864 the Free South would cease publication.
The front page has a nearly column-long editorial headed: "The Proclamation", referring to this historic Emancipation Proclamation that took effect on January 1. One bit notes: "...The proclamation of the President of the U.S. declaring the freedom of the slaves of rebels, is the legal utterance if the national will...".
Articles include: "A Penitent Rebel" "The Celebration of the Emancipation of the Slaves of the South..." "War News" "Attack On Vicksburg" and more.
Page 2 begins with: "The Free South" in which the editors explain the purpose of this new newspaper.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, two small bits are torn away on the front leaf, a vertical stain to the front leaf, some older & very discrete archival mends.
In November, 1864 the Free South would cease publication.
The front page has a nearly column-long editorial headed: "The Proclamation", referring to this historic Emancipation Proclamation that took effect on January 1. One bit notes: "...The proclamation of the President of the U.S. declaring the freedom of the slaves of rebels, is the legal utterance if the national will...".
Articles include: "A Penitent Rebel" "The Celebration of the Emancipation of the Slaves of the South..." "War News" "Attack On Vicksburg" and more.
Page 2 begins with: "The Free South" in which the editors explain the purpose of this new newspaper.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, two small bits are torn away on the front leaf, a vertical stain to the front leaf, some older & very discrete archival mends.
Category: The Civil War
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