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Category Archives: freeman colby
“USCT: United States Colored Troops” (1863-1865) 📖 8p MINI
“In a contest with oppression, the Almighty cannot take sides with oppressors.” ~ Frederick Douglass
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address 📖 4 March, 1865
“All knew that [slavery] was somehow the cause of the war…”
VOL. 4 PREVIEW 🔥 “Return to Port Royal”: Alec Turner’s Story
Memories of enslavement & revenge in Northern Virginia…
August 1864 PREVIEW 💥 City Point Explosion
Colby writes home between battles… (Originally drawn for VOL. 4 / Now planned for VOL. 5)
Wilderness Volley (6 May 1864)
Drawn from a battlefield sketch by Alfred Waud.
FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 4 📈 Progress Charts
A full year of Page-Per-Day progress charts from work on the new book…
Primary Sources of Freeman Colby Vol. 4
Samples of the many primary sources I’m using to draw Summer 1864 in FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 4…
VOL. 4 PREVIEW / Jane Tyler #2: After the Battle
Enslaved mother Jane Tyler saves lives at the battle of Cold Harbor…
VOL. 4 PREVIEW / Jane Tyler #1: Before the Battle
Jane Tyler holds 3 generations of her family together, despite being enslaved by the family of a US president…
VOL. 4 PREVIEW MINI / “My Dear Parents” (1 June 1864)
Our first set of sample pages from the upcoming book!
“My dear parents…”: Drawing the Crossing
An opening spread from FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 4…