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Rose, Willie Lee Nichols, 1927-

Rehearsal for Reconstruction; the Port Royal experiment [by] Willie Lee Rose. With an introd. by C. Vann Woodward. - Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill [1964] - xviii, 442 p. illus., fold. map, ports. 24 cm.

"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.

LCCN: 64016720 /AC/r903

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Port Royal (S.C.) Expedition, 1861.
Afro-Americans--Sea Islands.
Reconstruction--South Carolina.
Slaves--Emancipation.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Sea Islands--History.
Port Royal (S.C.)--Expedition, 1861.
Sea Islands--History.

LC Class. No.: F277.B3 / R6

Dewey Class. No.: 975.7995