jan 1, 1865 - Sea Island Experiment
Description:
| WHAT: | send freed blacks to sea islands off coast of NC to make lives for themselves | HOW: | EDUCATION: | Northern born teachers like Charlotte Forten (black) and Laura M. Towne (white) (made penn school 1862) | WAGE WORK: |fed govt provided them w opportunities to work under better conditions than slavery | EFFECT: | largely a success | but also set out question of whether land ownership should accompany black freedomAdded to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1865
Now
~ 160 years ago