Extracts from Letters received by the Port Royal Relief Committee of Philadelphia from Teachers and Superintendents at the Sea Islands, S.C.

Extracts from Letters received by the Port Royal Relief Committee of Philadelphia from Teachers and Superintendents at the Sea Islands, S.C.

On November 7, 1861 the U.S. Navy defeated Confederate forces in the Sea Islands of the Beaufort District in South Carolina.  Area planters often abandoned most of their property, including enslaved persons, in their rush to evacuate.  The abandoned slaves were declared contraband of war a...

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Date:1863-02-08
Call Number:E441 .A58 v.120 no.7
Format: Electronic
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Copyright:Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org)
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/10949
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