African American education in slavery and freedom Williams, Heather Andrea. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. ncu Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press c2005 2005 monographic eng

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xiii, 304 p. 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. Heather Andrea Williams. Based on the author's dissertation (Yale University). Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-285) and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. n-usu-- African Americans Education Southern States History Slaves Education Southern States History Freedmen Education Southern States History Self-culture Southern States History Literacy Southern States History Education Social aspects Southern States History Slavery Southern States History Southern States Race relations LC2802.S9 W55 2005eb 370/.89/96073075 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10355388 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10355388 CaPaEBR 040927 ebr10355388