| Description |
xxii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-300) and index. |
| 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. |
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Freed persons -- Education -- Southern States.
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Education -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
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African American teachers -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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| ISBN |
9780807834206 cloth alkaline paper |
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0807834203 cloth alkaline paper |
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