Description |
xviii, 442 pages : illustrations, folded map, portraits ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
"Notes on sources": pages 409-433. |
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. |
Subject |
Port Royal (S.C.) Expedition, 1861.
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Sea Islands -- History.
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