Historical Essay: A Unique People’s School: The Penn School, St. Helena Island, S.C.
Subject
Penn School
Title
Historical Essay: A Unique People’s School: The Penn School, St. Helena Island, S.C.
Date
1914
Type
Historical Essay
Description
Note: Racial epithets used, and some language may be offensive to readers.
Harvard University Widener Library provides a 1914 article, by J. E. Davis, on the history of Penn School- one of the country's first schools for formerly enslaved African Americans established on St. Helena Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina. Davis provides an account of the school's beginnings and its impact on the local African American community. Historical photographs of the school and members of the local community are included.
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Harvard University Widener Library provides a 1914 article, by J. E. Davis, on the history of Penn School- one of the country's first schools for formerly enslaved African Americans established on St. Helena Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina. Davis provides an account of the school's beginnings and its impact on the local African American community. Historical photographs of the school and members of the local community are included.
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Publisher
Widener Library, Harvard University (Contributor: Davis, J. E. "Jane Eliza")
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“Historical Essay: A Unique People’s School: The Penn School, St. Helena Island, S.C.,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 14, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/703.