Digitized Book Excerpt: Sea Island to City: A Study of St. Helena Islanders in Harlem and Other Urban Centers
Subject
Ellen Murray
Title
Digitized Book Excerpt: Sea Island to City: A Study of St. Helena Islanders in Harlem and Other Urban Centers
Date
1932
Type
Book Excerpt
Description
Note: See p. 248, slide #252.
HathiTrust features an excerpt from the book, Sea Island to City: A Study of St. Helena Islanders in Harlem and Other Urban Centers (1932), by Clyde Vernon Kiser, which offers a short account of the life of Martin V. Washington- a New Yorker who was born and raised on St. Helena Island, South Carolina. Themes include: Washington's memories of his time spent at Penn School - one of the first schools for newly freed African Americans, his perceptions of Ellen Murray (p. 50) - a White missionary teacher and co-founder of the school (p. 250) and the establishment of the Penn School Club in New York City.
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HathiTrust features an excerpt from the book, Sea Island to City: A Study of St. Helena Islanders in Harlem and Other Urban Centers (1932), by Clyde Vernon Kiser, which offers a short account of the life of Martin V. Washington- a New Yorker who was born and raised on St. Helena Island, South Carolina. Themes include: Washington's memories of his time spent at Penn School - one of the first schools for newly freed African Americans, his perceptions of Ellen Murray (p. 50) - a White missionary teacher and co-founder of the school (p. 250) and the establishment of the Penn School Club in New York City.
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Publisher
HathiTrust (Contributor: Indiana University)
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