Rehearsal for Reconstruction
Subtitle: the Port Royal experiment
By: [by] Willie Lee Rose. With an introd. by C. Vann Woodward.
Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill
Published: 1964
Place of publication: Indianapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 442
Subjects: Port Royal (S.C.) Expedition, 1861.; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- South Carolina -- Port Royal Region.; African Americans -- South Carolina -- Port Royal Region -- History -- 19th century.; Slaves -- Emancipation -- South Carolina -- Port Royal Region.; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Sea Islands.; Sea Islands -- History -- 19th century.; Port Royal Region (S.C.) -- History -- 19th century.
Description: 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.