The rain here today in Beaufort, South Carolina hasn’t slowed me down one bit. I spent most of the morning and early afternoon at Penn Center (formerly, the Penn School) on St. Helena’s Island, which is really the heart of the Port Royal Experiment. Beginning in 1862 norther missionaries/reformers or “Giddeonites” flocked to this area to begin educating…
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