Video: Land-Penn Center, A Natural State, Duration: 3:27

Penn School

Video: Land-Penn Center, A Natural State, Duration: 3:27

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KnowItAll features a video titled "Land-Penn Center, A Natural State," on the founding of Penn School- one of the first schools for formerly enslaved African Americans established on St. Helena Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina. The source provides an account of how the school's function has changed over time.

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