The Gullah people of St. Helena Island still relate that their people wanted to ""catch the learning"" after northern abolitionists founded Penn School in 1862. In this broad history Orville Vernon Burton and Wilbur Cross range across the past 150 years to reacquaint us with the far-reaching impact of a place where many daring and innovative social justice endeavours had their beginnings.

Orville Vernon Burton (Author)
ORVILLE VERNON BURTON is Creativity Professor of Humanities at Clemson University. He is emeritus University Distinguished Teacher-Scholar, University Scholar, and professor of history, African American studies, and sociology at the University of Illinois and is the author or editor of twenty books including The Age of Lincoln.

Wilbur Cross (Author)
WILBUR CROSS is a former Time editor and author of some fifty books, including Gullah Culture in America.