Penn Center A History Preserved |
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| Author:
| Burton, Orville Vernon
Cross, Wilbur |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-5141-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2017 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $36.00 |
Book Description:
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The Gullah people of St. Helena Island still relate that their people wanted to ""catch the learning"" after northern abolitionists founded Penn School in 1862. In this broad history Orville Vernon Burton and Wilbur Cross range across the past 150 years to reacquaint us with the far-reaching impact of a place where many daring and innovative social justice endeavours had their beginnings.
The Gullah people of St. Helena Island still relate that their people wanted to ""catch the learning"" after northern abolitionists founded Penn School in 1862. In this broad history Orville Vernon Burton and Wilbur Cross range across the past 150 years to reacquaint us with the far-reaching impact of a place where many daring and innovative social justice endeavours had their beginnings.