Historical Journal: A Yankee Scholar in Coastal South Carolina: William Francis Allen's Civil War Journals
Subject
Prince Rivers
Title
Historical Journal: A Yankee Scholar in Coastal South Carolina: William Francis Allen's Civil War Journals
Date
05/17/1864
Type
Historical Journal
Description
Google Books provides a May 17, 1864 journal excerpt from the book, A Yankee Scholar in Coastal South Carolina: William Francis Allen's Civil War Journals, by William Francis Allen - a White missionary from the North who ran a school for formerly enslaved African Americans on the South Carolina Sea Islands. The May 1864 journal excerpt states that Robert Smalls and Prince Rivers attended the meeting to select delegates to represent South Carolina at the National Union Convention in Baltimore. According to Allen, Robert Smalls and Prince Rivers were chosen to attend, but would not be granted a vote.
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Google Books (Book: A Yankee Scholar in Coastal South Carolina: William Francis Allen's Civil War Journals)
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“Historical Journal: A Yankee Scholar in Coastal South Carolina: William Francis Allen's Civil War Journals,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 9, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/848.