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Rehearsal for Reconstruction; the Port Royal experiment [by] Willie Lee Rose. With an introd. by C. Vann Woodward
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks US .1995 R72
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rose, Willie Lee Nichols, 1927-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Port Royal (S.C.) Expedition, 1861.
- African Americans--Sea Islands.
- African Americans.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--South Carolina.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).
- Enslaved persons--Emancipation.
- Enslaved persons.
- Sea Islands--History.
- Sea Islands.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 442 p. illus., 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.
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