Historical Book Except: Headquarters of Hunt and Mitchel, House at Mitchelville, & Drayton's Mansion
Subject
Mitchelville
Title
Historical Book Except: Headquarters of Hunt and Mitchel, House at Mitchelville, & Drayton's Mansion
Date
1900
Type
Historical Book Excerpt
Description
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 America, by Benson John Lossing (1900), with a description of Mitchelville- one of the first self-governing communities of formerly enslaved African Americans, located on Hilton Head Island. Themes include: a perspective on General O.M. Mitchel's efforts to organize newly freed people in Mitchelville, brief descriptions of Mitchelville property and its costs, the writer's comments on the Black mayor from Savannah, and observations on the division of labor by gender. Illustrations of homes there are included.
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HathiTrust presents a book excerpt from a book titled, Pictorial history of the Civil War in the United States of America, by Benson John Lossing (1900), with a description of Mitchelville- one of the first self-governing communities of formerly enslaved African Americans, located on Hilton Head Island. Themes include: a perspective on General O.M. Mitchel's efforts to organize newly freed people in Mitchelville, brief descriptions of Mitchelville property and its costs, the writer's comments on the Black mayor from Savannah, and observations on the division of labor by gender. Illustrations of homes there are included.
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Publisher
Hathi Trust (Contributor: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
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“Historical Book Except: Headquarters of Hunt and Mitchel, House at Mitchelville, & Drayton's Mansion,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 14, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/741.