Historical Photograph: School Farm, St. Helena Island SC

Penn School

Historical Photograph: School Farm, St. Helena Island SC

c. 1861-1863

Historical Photograph

The Library of Congress provides a photo taken between 1861 and 1863 by Hubbard & Mix, which shows a group of African American children and two adults gathered with horses in front of two buildings with horses in front of two buildings. The source states that the site would late become Penn School- one of the first schools for formerly enslaved African Americans established on St. Helena Island in Beaufort, South Carolina.

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