By Luana M. Graves Sellars
Freedom Day | Exploring the Families of Historic Mitchelville is an epic documentary that explores the journey to freedom through the stories and conversations of the descendants of the way makers in Mitchelville. On this journey, you will meet the Aiken, Brown, Burke, Jones, and Lawyer families that have called Hilton Head Island for nearly 200 years. In addition to those families, you will find out how Harriet Tubman and the American Red Cross’s Clara Barton contributed to the success of Historic Mitchelville. Click here to watch the documentary.
To learn more about the series the First Families of Hilton Head |Mitchelville the first self-governed town for freedmen or Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park click here.
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Freedom Day | Exploring the Families of Historic Mitchelville
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