Rehearsal for Reconstruction

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.

subjects: African Americans,  Emancipation,  History,  Port Royal (S.C.) Expedition, 1861,  Port Royal (S.C.) Expedition, 1961,  Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877),  Slaves,  Afro-Americans,  Port Royal (S. C.) Expedition, 1861,  Sea Islands,  Sea Islands, S. C.,  Port royal (s.c.),  African americans, south carolina,  Slaves, emancipation, united states,  African americans, history,  South carolina, history,  Reconstruction,  Expedition, 1861,  Entomology,  Reconstruction (u.s. history, 1865-1877),  Sea islands,  Negroes,  Port Royal (S.C. Expedition, 1861)

Places: Port Royal Region,  Port Royal Region (S.C.),  Sea Islands,  South Carolina,  S.C Sea Islands,  S.C. Sea Islands,  Sea Islands (S.C.),  Islands

Times: 19th century