Question

Which response best explains the two purposes of the Port Royal Experiment?
A. to employ White plantation owners and to prepare them for life without enslaved workers
B. to keep Black Sea Islanders enslaved and to prevent them from leaving the Sea Islands
C. to help White Sea Islanders reclaim their land and to train them as Union soldiers
D. to employ Black Sea Islanders for the rest of the war and to prepare them for their future as free individuals

Answer 1

D. The Port Royal Experiment employed Black Sea Islanders (paid labor) during the war and provided education, skills, and training to prepare them for life as free individuals.