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The Negroes at Port Royal: Report of E. L. Pierce, Government Agent, to the Hon. Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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The former white population, so far as can be ascertained, are rebels, with one or two exceptions. In January, 1861, a meeting of the planters on St. Helena Island was held, of which Thomas Aston Cofiin was chairman. A vote was passed, stating its exposed condition, and offering their slaves to the Governor of South Carolina, to aid in building earth mounds, and calling on him for guns to place upon them. A copy of the vote, probably in his own handwriting, 'and signed by Mr. Coffin, was found in his house.
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- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1332024033
- ISBN 13 9781332024032
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages38
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