Rehearsal for Reconstruction; the Port Royal experiment [by] Willie Lee Rose. With an introd. by C. Vann Woodward.

By: Rose, Willie Lee Nichols, 1927-Material type: TextTextReference number:ocm00485939Publication details: Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill [1964] Description: xviii, 442 p. illus., fold. map, ports. 24 cmSubject(s): Port Royal (S.C.) Expedition, 1861 | Sea Islands -- History | Afro-Americans -- Sea Islands | Port Royal (S.C.) -- Expedition, 1861 | Sea Islands -- History | Reconstruction -- South Carolina | Slaves -- EmancipationDDC classification: 975.7995 LOC classification: F277.B3 | R6Summary: 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.
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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.

"Notes on sources": p. 409-433.

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