02716nam a2200421 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020002800112040002100140035002100161043001200182050002600194082002500220100003000245245012000275260006300395300001700458490007400475500005800549504006600607505084900673533015201522650006001674650004901734650005101783650004401834650004001878650005701918650003901975651003702014655002902051710001702080830007102097856012602168ebr10355388CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||040927s2005    ncu     sb   s001 0 eng    z  2004022755  z080782920X (alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)793526642  an-usu--14aLC2802.S9bW55 2005eb04a370/.89/960730752221 aWilliams, Heather Andrea.10aSelf-taughth[electronic resource] :bAfrican American education in slavery and freedom /cHeather Andrea Williams.  aChapel Hill :bUniversity of North Carolina Press,cc2005.  axiii, 304 p.1 aThe John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture  aBased on the author's dissertation (Yale University).  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [203]-285) and index.0 aIn 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aAfrican AmericansxEducationzSouthern StatesxHistory. 0aSlavesxEducationzSouthern StatesxHistory. 0aFreedmenxEducationzSouthern StatesxHistory. 0aSelf-culturezSouthern StatesxHistory. 0aLiteracyzSouthern StatesxHistory. 0aEducationxSocial aspectszSouthern StatesxHistory. 0aSlaveryzSouthern StatesxHistory. 0aSouthern StatesxRace relations. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc. 0aJohn Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10355388zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view