EPISODE · Jan 18, 2020 · 6 MIN
BHS e238-Alexander Darbins and Civil War Substitutes
from The Brattleboro Historical Society Podcast · host Brattleboro Historical Society
Alexander Darbins was a twenty year old African American who had escaped slavery in Virginia. He traveled to Vermont and signed to be Joseph Albert Taylor’s substitute. Taylor was a 29 year old Brattleboro businessman who had been drafted, but did not want to serve during the Civil War. This is their story...
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Alexander Darbins was a twenty year old African American who had escaped slavery in Virginia. He traveled to Vermont and signed to be Joseph Albert Taylor’s substitute. Taylor was a 29 year old Brattleboro businessman who had been drafted, but did not want to serve during the Civil War. This is their story...
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