Rehearsal for Reconstruction; the Port Royal experiment [by] Willie Lee Rose. With an introd. by C. Vann Woodward

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rose, Willie Lee Nichols, 1927-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Port Royal (S.C.) Expedition, 1861.

Reconstruction--South Carolina--Port Royal Region.

Reconstruction.

African Americans--South Carolina--Port Royal Region--History--19th century.

African Americans.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--South Carolina--Port Royal Region.

Enslaved persons.

Reconstruction--Sea Islands.

African Americans--Sea Islands.

Reconstruction--South Carolina.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation.

Sea Islands--History--19th century.

Sea Islands.

Port Royal Region (S.C.)--History--19th century.

Port Royal Region (S.C.).

Port Royal (S.C.)--Expedition, 1861.

Port Royal (S.C.).

Sea Islands--History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 442 p. : ill., fold. map, ports. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, [1964].

Summary:

An account of the first experiment in Reconstruction, the effort of northern missionary abolitionists to assist the abandoned slaves of Sea Island, South Carolina establish schools, train troops, claim land ownership, and accept their status as freed men.

Notes:

"Notes on sources": p. 409-433.

OCLC:

485939