She served with the United States Colored Troops, never got paid, never got a pension — and made sure history couldn't erase her. And she started it all at just 14 years old!

Just in time for Juneteenth: meet the Gullah Geechee heroine of freedom.

J.R. Hardman is your friendly neighborhood Civil War Reenactress, here with another edition of “Keeping the Hysteria in American History.” 🎬

Thanks to historian Hermina Glass-Hill for keeping this story alive. 📖 Learn more about the Susie King Taylor Women's Institute and Ecology Center: https://www.susiekingtaylorinstitute.org/

📚 Read her memoir for free online: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73499

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