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

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, 1927-2018
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, [1964]
Subjects:	Port Royal (S.C.) Expedition, 1861. African Americans > Sea Islands. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > South Carolina. Enslaved persons > Emancipation. Sea Islands > History.