Rehearsal for Reconstruction: The Port Royal Experiment
Willie Lee Nichols Rose
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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- 1976
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Reconstruction eraSlavery and emancipationPort Royal Experiment
Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1965)
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