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A Tale of Courtship in Post-Slavery Baltimore

Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post

Not long ago, civil rights activist Laura W. Murphy discovered a bundle of papers tied with a ribbon. They turned out to be letters between her great-grandparents, written when they were courting in Reconstruction-era Baltimore. They provide a glimpse into what life was like for a particularly successful African-American family in Baltimore, just a few years after the end of the Civil War. 

Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.
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