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
02/21/1864
Type
Historical Journal
Description
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Google Books presents a February 21, 1864 journal excerpt from A Yankee Scholar in Coastal South Carolina: William Francis Allen's Civil War Journals, written by William Francis Allen- a White missionary from the North who ran a school for formerly enslaved people in the South Carolina Sea Islands. Allen provides his perspective on a speech given by Prince Rivers - a formerly enslaved man from Beaufort, South Carolina turned Union Army Sergeant. He also noted that Rivers had been the president of a Mutual Aid Society for Black people.
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Google Books presents a February 21, 1864 journal excerpt from A Yankee Scholar in Coastal South Carolina: William Francis Allen's Civil War Journals, written by William Francis Allen- a White missionary from the North who ran a school for formerly enslaved people in the South Carolina Sea Islands. Allen provides his perspective on a speech given by Prince Rivers - a formerly enslaved man from Beaufort, South Carolina turned Union Army Sergeant. He also noted that Rivers had been the president of a Mutual Aid Society for Black people.
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Publisher
A Yankee Scholar in Coastal South Carolina: William Francis Allen's Civil War Journals (Google Books)
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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/849.