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Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Historical Growth of a Black Region
2. The Port Royal Experiment
3. "Free Labor" and Land Sales
4. The AFIC, Preemption Reversal, and Second Land Sales
5. The Promise of the Sherman Reservation
6. African American Politicization
7. An African American Yeoman Community:
The Case of St. Helena Island
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: African Americans South Carolina Politics and government 19th century, African Americans Sea Islands Politics and government 19th century, Freedmen South Carolina Politics and government, Freedmen Sea Islands Politics and government, South Carolina Politics and government 1861-1865, South Carolina Politics and government 1865-1950, Land reform Sea Islands History 19th century, African Americans Land tenure Sea Islands History 19th century, African American farmers Sea Islands Political activity History 19th century