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President Andrew Johnson's Impeachment & the End of His Presidency
Highlights from Johnson's impeachment trial and events that led up to the end of his presidency.
Laura Towne
A White, Pennsylvania-born abolitionist, missionary, educator, and physician who helped cofound the Penn School (one of the first for the formerly…
Gideonites
A term used to refer to Northern abolitionist teachers and missionaries who were sent to teach formerly enslaved people during the Port Royal…
Penn School
One of the country's first schools for formerly enslaved people, established on St. Helena Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina in 1862 by…
Mitchelville
One of the first self-governing communities of formerly enslaved people, located on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
Esther Hill Hawks
A White missionary teacher, abolitionist, physician, and women's rights advocate from New Hampshire. Known for her work as a doctor and teacher of…
Ellen Murray
A White, Canadian missionary teacher and co-founder of the Penn School (one of the first for formerly enslaved people) on St. Helena Island in the…
Samuel Lee
A formerly enslaved Abbeville, South Carolina man who later became a farmer, attorney and the first Black Speaker of the South Carolina House of…
Elizabeth Botume
A Northern-born, White teacher who was sent to do missionary work with newly freed children in the South Carolina Sea Islands.
Harriet Ware
A White missionary teacher from Massachusetts who taught formerly enslaved people during the Port Royal Experiment in the South Carolina Sea…
Prince Rivers
A formerly enslaved Beaufort, South Carolina man who escaped, became a Union Army Sergeant in the 1st South Carolina Volunteers during the Civil…
Frazier Baker
A South Carolina teacher who became the first Black postmaster in the predominantly White community of Lake City, South Carolina. Known for being a…
Robert B. Elliott
A British born Black man who moved to South Carolina, became an attorney, co-created a Black law firm and was elected U.S. Congressman (R-SC) during…
Robert C. DeLarge
Born into a family of mixed-race elites. Former Confederate navy employee turned Republican Congressman (R-SC) from Aiken, South Carolina.
Hastings Gantt
A formerly enslaved man turned businessman and landowner from Beaufort, South Carolina. Known for selling a part of his land that became the home of…
Contrabands
"Contrabands" was the label given to formerly enslaved people who escaped to Union lines during the Civil War.