Video: Ranger Chat on Reconstruction: Ahmad Ward from Mitchelville Freedom Park, Duration: 12:33

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Video: Ranger Chat on Reconstruction: Ahmad Ward from Mitchelville Freedom Park, Duration: 12:33

11/10/2020

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The National Park Service provides a 12-minute video (2020) featuring an between Park Ranger Rich Condon and Ahmad Ward, the director of the Mitchelville Freedom Park. Themes include: the history and significance of Mitchelville - one of the first self-governing communities of formerly enslaved African Americans, located on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Themes include: the idea of Mitchelville as a rehearsal for Reconstruction, the development of the historical community, the importance of freedom, and modern preservation efforts.

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