In 1862, Rev. George Hughes Hepworth left the pulpit of Boston's Church of the Unity to join the 47th Massachusetts Infantry as its chaplain. In Louisiana, he became an aide to Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks. The wily politician-turned-general assigned Hepworth the task of interviewing plantation owners about slavery. Here are some of Hepworth's findings.

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