Colonel robert gould shaw biography of barack

Robert Gould Shaw
Colonel
54th Massachusetts Regiment
October 10, 1837 – July 18, 1863

During the Civil War, many abolitionists in the North advocated for the immediate freedom of all enslaved persons.

Yet some members of abolitionist families were more reluctant advocates, such as Col. Robert Gould Shaw. Though initially dispassionate, Shaw’s views on slavery evolved during his time with the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, a unit of United States Colored Troops (USCTs).

Colonel robert gould shaw biography of barack obama

Killed in action while leading the 54th, Shaw’s service, valor, and evolving views illustrate the situations faced by white and Black Soldiers in the Civil War.

Shaw’s parents, Francis George and Sarah Blake Shaw, were prominent evangelical Boston abolitionists.

In 1838, a year after Shaw’s birth, they joined the American Anti-Slavery Society and organized abolitionist activities through their church. In 1847, the Sh