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Penn Center : a history preserved /

"The Gullah people of St. Helena Island still relate that their people wanted to 'catch the learning' after Northern abolitionists founded Penn School in 1862, less than six months after the Union army captured the South Carolina Sea Islands. In this broad history Orville Vernon Burto...

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Main Author:	Burton, Orville Vernon
Other Authors:	Cross, Wilbur
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2014]
Subjects:	Penn Center Historic District (Saint Helena Island, S.C.) > History. Gullahs > South Carolina > Saint Helena Island > History. African Americans > Education > South Carolina > Saint Helena Island > History. Penn Center of the Sea Islands > History. Social movements > South Carolina > Saint Helena Island > History. Social justice > South Carolina > Saint Helena Island > History. Historic preservation > South Carolina > Saint Helena Island > History. Saint Helena Island (S.C.) > History. Saint Helena Island (S.C.) > Social conditions. Saint Helena Island (S.C.) > Race relations. HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights.

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