Note 25 — THE EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS OF THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU AND FREEDMEN'S AID SOCIETIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA, 1862-1872[1]
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"Oh, none in all the world before Were ever glad as we! We're free on Carolina's shore, We're all at home and free. "We hear no more the driver's horn No more the whip we fear, This holy day that saw Thee born Was never half so dear. "The very oaks are greener clad, The waters brighter smile; Oh, never shone a day so glad On sweet St. Helen's Isle. "Come once again, O blessed Lord! Come walking on the sea! And let the mainlands hear the word That sets the islands free!"
See Pierce, in The Atlantic Monthly, vol. XII, p. 305; Letters from Port Royal, p. 133.