Schooling the freed people : teaching, learning, and the struggle for Black freedom, 1861-1876 / Ronald E. Butchart.

Author/creator Butchart, Ronald E.
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina, ©2010.
Descriptionxxii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Freed persons--Education. --Southern States.
Education--Southern States. --History. --19th century.
African American teachers--Southern States. --History. --19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)

Contents At the dawn of freedom -- To serve my own people : Black teachers in the Southern Black schools -- It will result in a better understanding of their duties : Southern white teachers and the limits of emancipation -- A desire to labor in the missionary cause : Northern white teachers and the ambiguities of emancipation -- You will, of course, wish to know all about our school : learning and teaching in the freed people's schools -- Race, Reconstruction, and redemption : the fate of emancipation and education, 1861-1876 -- Appendix A. Teachers in the freed people's schools, 1861-1876 -- Appendix B. Estimating the number of Black and Southern white teachers, 1869-1876.
Abstract The definitive book on freedmen's teachers in the South as well as an outstanding contribution to social history and our understanding of African American education.
Local noteLittle-357996--305131063263X
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [189]-300) and index.
LCCN 2010011936
ISBN9780807834206 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807834203 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks LC2802.S9 B874 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold