Penn Center [electronic resource] : a history preserved / Orville Vernon Burton with Wilbur Cross ; foreword by Emory S. Campbell.

"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 Burton and Wilbur Cr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Burton, Orville Vernon (Author)
Cross, Wilbur (Author)
Language:English
Published: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Penn Center Historic District (Saint Helena Island, S.C.) > History.
Penn Center of the Sea Islands > History.
Gullahs > South Carolina > Saint Helena Island > History.
African Americans > Education > South Carolina > Saint Helena Island > 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.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2014 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2014 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2014 (EBSCO)
eBook High School Collection (EBSCOhost): 2014 (EBSCO)
eBook Public Library Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2014 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Penn Center: A History Preserved
Format: Electronic eBook

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ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2014 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2014 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2014 (EBSCO)
eBook High School Collection (EBSCOhost): 2014 (EBSCO)
eBook Public Library Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2014 (EBSCO)