02416cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000150010610000280012124500800014926400510022930000470028033600260032733700260035333800360037950000310041550801150044652012990056153400450186065300400190565300540194565300310199985600430203099900170207324722UtSlPG20260610133551.0mcr n260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aE456aF2061 aPearson, Elizabeth Ware10aLetters from Port Royal :bWritten at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2008  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2008-03-01  aE-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Diane Monico, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team  a"Letters from Port Royal" by Elizabeth Ware Pearson is a collection of letters written during the Civil War, particularly from the years 1862 to 1868. The letters are penned by a group of Northern volunteers who traveled to Port Royal, South Carolina, to assist formerly enslaved people and manage plantations after the Union captured the area. The correspondence provides a vivid account of their personal experiences, challenges, and observations regarding the lives of Freedmen and their efforts to cultivate the land.  The opening of the collection sets the stage for this historical period, detailing the arrival of the volunteers and their initial impressions of the Sea Islands, the newly freed African American populations, and the agricultural landscape. The primary figure, Edward S. Philbrick, communicates his excitement and sense of duty to contribute positively to the lives of the freedmen, while navigating the complexities of supervising their labor in an unaccustomed environment. As the letters unfold, they capture the dynamic interactions between the volunteers and the local population, the challenges posed by the remnants of slavery, and the gradual establishment of trust and cooperation in the face of historical upheaval. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aAfrican Americans -- South Carolina  aSouth Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865  aBeaufort (S.C.) -- History40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24722  c65723d65723