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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06232.15 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | First annual report of the educational commission for freedmen. |
| Date | May 1863 |
| Author | Educational Commission for Freedmen (Boston, Mass.) |
| Additional authors | Andrew, John A. (John Albion) (1818-1867) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Printed by Prentiss & Deland. Discusses the Port Royal Experiment, in which former slaves successfully worked on land abandoned by plantation owners on islands off the coast of South Carolina. Includes a report of the committee of teachers sent to Port Royal: "The instruction most needed by the blacks was not in the knowledge of school books, but in that which should lead them to appreciate the advantages of civilized life, to relinquish many of the habits and customs of slavery, and to learn the duties and responsibilities of free men." John Albion Andrew was chosen as President of the commission. |
| Subjects | Education Reform Slave Life Education African American History Freemen Civil Rights Confederate States of America Union Forces Slavery |
| People | Educational Commission for Freedmen Andrew, John Albion (1818-1867) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Education |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Andrew was Governor of Massachusetts 1861-1866, and was instrumental in the creation of some of the earliest black regiments to fight in the Civil War. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |