The Port Royal Experiment was a program begun during the American Civil War in which former slaves successfully worked on the land abandoned by planters. Former slaves also bought land for themselves, and Northern missionaries and abolitionists came to teach the freedmen.
The Port Royal Experiment was a program begun during the American Civil War in which former slaves successfully worked on the land abandoned by planters. Former slaves also bought land for themselves, and Northern missionaries and abolitionists came to teach the freedmen.
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