Mitchelville

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Article & Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery & Article: Mitchelville: The Hidden Town at Dawn of Freedom
The BBC features a 2012 article, written by Peter Jackson, on modern efforts to preserve Mitchelville- one of the first self-governing communities of…

Article
Article: One Town's Blueprint for Reconstruction
The American Battlefield Trust provides an article, writer unknown, that offers a comprehensive historical account on Mitchelville, one of the first…

Article
Article: Mitchelville Preservation Project Keeping History Alive, Moving It Into the Future
The Hilton Head Monthly Voice of the Lowcountry features a January 27, 2016 article, by Luana M. Graves Sellars, on the history of Mitchelville- one…

Article
Article: In Freedom’s Shadow: The Reconstruction Legacy of Renty Franklin Greaves of Beaufort County, South Carolina
The National Archives features a 2010 article, by Giselle White-Perry, from Prologue magazine on Renty Franklin Greaves- a formerly enslaved African…

Video
Video: Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park Recognized on the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network, Duration: 00:55
WJCL 22 News provides a March 26, 2021 news report, by Riley Miller on Mitchelville, one of the first self-governing communities of formerly enslaved…

Video
Video: Ranger Chat on Reconstruction: Ahmad Ward from Mitchelville Freedom Park, Duration: 12:33
The National Park Service provides a 12-minute video (2020) featuring an between Park Ranger Rich Condon and Ahmad Ward, the director of the…

Video
Video: Why Mitchelville Matters to Me, Duration: 05:13
The National Park Service provides a video narration of a personal account of the significance of Mitchelville - one of the first self-governing Black…

Video
Video: Mitchelville: Spreading the Story, Duration: 3:08
The Island Packet provides a YouTube video on the story of Mitchelville, one of the first self-governing communities of formerly enslaved African…

Historical Newspaper
Historical Newspaper: The Freedmen of South Carolina
Note: See 4th column, 1st paragraph.Chronicling America features a September 22, 1863 article, writer unknown, from the Green-Mountain Freeman…

Historical Newspaper
Historical Newspaper: Sand-Bank Jottings - No. III
Note: See 4th column, 4th to last paragraph. Chronicling America features a letter to the editor, writer unknown, in the December 9, 1865 edition of…

Historical Illustration
Historical Illustration: Port Royal Island, Camp Saxton, Mitchelville
The Library of Congress provides February 7, 1863 drawings from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of different historical sites in the South…

Historical Book Excerpt
Historical Book Except: Headquarters of Hunt and Mitchel, House at Mitchelville, & Drayton's Mansion
Note: See book p. 188, slide #198.HathiTrust presents a book excerpt from a book titled, Pictorial history of the Civil War in the United States of…

Historical Map
Historical Map: Mitchelville
The National Archives provides an undated historical map that shows Mitchelville, one of the first self-governing communities of formerly enslaved…

Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan: Think Like a Historian [Mitchelville]
The History Workshop provides a comprehensive lesson plan that helps students understand the Union occupation of Hilton Head Island (SC) and the…

Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan: Think Like an Archaeologist
The History Workshop provides a lesson plan that introduces students to the history of Mitchelville, one of the first self-governing communities of…

Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan: Think Like a Researcher
The History Workshop provides a lesson plan that introduces students to the history of Mitchelville- one of the first self-governing Black…