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[African-Americana] [Penn School] (4 vols.) Catalogue of the Penn Normal and Industrial School. St. Helena Island. South Carolina. For the Year 1896-1897 St. Helena Island, S.C.: Printed on School Press, 1897. 12 mo. (19) pp. Stiff white wrappers, printed in gold, rubbed, chipped and soiled and with extensive chipping and paper loss to rear wrapper and last several leaves; spine starting to split; text lightly toned. Report of the Penn Normal and Industrial School, 1898 Presumably South Carolina, 1898. 12mo. (23) pp. Stiff tan wrappers, printed in gold, with some creasing and blue pencil marking to front wrapper; text lightly toned. Report of the Penn Normal, Industrial and Agricultural School. St. Helena Island South Carolina For The Year 1900-1901 St. Helena Island S.C.: Printed on School Press, 1901. 12mo. 16 leaves, presumably complete but now entirely disbound. Stiff black wrappers, printed in gold, now detached (originally stab-sewn, thread now wanting), chipping to edges; a few closed tears in title-page, text lightly toned. Historical Handbook of Penn School and St. Helena Island South Carolina. First School for Negroes in the South, 1862. Presumably South Carolina, 1937 or 38. 12mo. 20 pp. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings. Stiff photographic wrappers, printed in silver and black, some creasing and rubbing; light scattered foxing to text. . Four pamphlets relating to the Penn School, offering a captivating portrait of the students and faculty as well as a glimpse into the school's achievements and operations. Founded with the support of Pennsylvania abolitionists, the Penn School on St. Helena Island, South Carolina was the first institution in the Southern United States specifically meant for the education of African Americans, providing educational facilities to Gullah slaves freed by the Union Army during the Civil War.