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Self-taught African American education in slavery and freedom
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Self-taught African American education in slavery and freedom
Author:
Williams, Heather Andrea.
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Publication Information:
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2005.
Physical Description:
xiii, 304 p.
Series:
The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
General Note:
Based on the author's dissertation (Yale University).
Contents:
In secret places : acquiring literacy in slave communities -- A coveted possession : literacy in the first days of freedom -- The men are actually clamoring for books : African American soldiers and the educational mission -- We must get education for ourselves and our children : advocacy for education -- We are striving to do business on our own hook : organizing schools on the ground -- We are laboring under many difficulties : African American teachers in freedpeople's schools -- A long and tedious road to travel for knowledge : textbooks and freedpeople's schools -- If anybody wants an education, it is me : students in freedpeople's schools -- First movings of the waters : the creation of common school systems for Black and White students -- Epilogue -- Appendix : African Americans, literacy, and the law in the antebellum South.
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Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Shelf Location | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| LC2802 .S9 W55 2005 | 992349-1001 | Ebook Central | Searching... |
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