Letters and Diary of Laura M. Towne: 1862-1884 (Annotated) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781519051318)

On April 9, 1862, 37-year-old Laura Matilda Towne to Port Royal Island, newly captured by the Union forces in the American Civil War. She spent the next 38 years of her life educating and ministering to freed slaves.She maintained the utmost belief in the humanity and possibilities for African-Americans. With her friend, Ellen Murray, she established the Penn Center school on St. Helena Island, the first school for emancipated slaves in the United States. Laura Towne is an vital figure in black history in America.Now a National Historic Landmark, the Penn Center was used during the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s to train movement workers in non-violent civil disobedience.Here are Laura Towne's own letters to her beloved family and excerpts from her diary. The documents contain a fascinating look at African-American emancipation, hunger to learn and work, events of the war, and especially a look at the Reconstruction South.

Author: Rupert Sargent Holland, Laura M. Towne
ISBN-10: 151905131X
ISBN-13: 9781519051318
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 11/15/2016
Pages: 238
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.54d