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Rehearsal for Reconstruction ; the Port Royal experiment /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rose, Willie Lee, 1927-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, [1964]
Subjects:
Sea Islands > History > 19th century.
Port Royal Region (S.C.) > History > 19th century.
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.
African Americans > Sea Islands.
Reconstruction > South Carolina.
Slaves > Emancipation.
Port Royal (S.C.) > Expedition, 1861.
Sea Islands > History.
Description
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.
Physical Description:xviii, 442 pages : illustrations, folded map, portraits ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:"Notes on sources": pages 409-433.