I talk with Lynette Love, who’s writ­ten an arti­cle about a post-Civil War school in South Car­oli­na that was start­ed by Friends.

We dis­cuss the life and impact of Cor­nelia Han­cock, a Quak­er nurse dur­ing the Civ­il War who played a sig­nif­i­cant role in estab­lish­ing Freed­men Schools in South Car­oli­na. The dis­cus­sion cov­ers Han­cock­’s brav­ery, the human­i­tar­i­an cri­sis of con­tra­band dur­ing the war, and the lega­cy of edu­ca­tion for freed slaves. Lynette also address­es the cur­rent con­tro­ver­sies sur­round­ing her book about this his­to­ry, touch­ing on themes of cen­sor­ship and the impor­tance of remem­ber­ing the full scope of his­to­ry, includ­ing its dark­er aspects.

In today’s polit­i­cal cli­mate, not every­one is com­fort­able with that full scope. A report in the Charleston Post and Couri­er last month says that Love’s book has been flagged under Sec­re­tary of the Inte­ri­or Doug Burgum’s May 2025 order titled “Restor­ing Truth and San­i­ty to Amer­i­can His­to­ry.” Here’s a clip of Lynette and I talk­ing about this.

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