Robert Gould Shaw was born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 10, 1837. His mother was twenty-two years old and his father was twenty-eight years old. Shaw was the second and only son of Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw and Francis George Shaw, both strong abolitionists. Shaw had a very prominent upbringing. He grew familiar with nannies, housekeepers, and servants to children of his social standing. Shaw played with his older sister Anna, and his younger sisters, Susanna, Josephine, …showed first 75 words of 2416 total…

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