Letters and Diary of Laura M. Towne: 1862-1884 (Annotated)

by Laura Matilda Towne, Rupert Sargent Holland, Laura M. Towne

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 151905131X
• ISBN13: 9781519051318
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"