Rehearsal for Reconstruction; the Port Royal experiment
Rose, Willie Lee Nichols,1927-
New York : Oxford University Press ;
1976.
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 on sources": p. 409-433.
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.
Port Royal (S.C.)
African Americans
Reconstruction
Slaves