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Author:

Williams, Heather Andrea.

Title:

Self-taught : African American education in slavery and freedom / Heather Andrea Williams.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xiii, 304 p. ; 24cm.

Subject:

African Americans--History.--Southern States--History.
Slaves--History.--Southern States--History.
Freedmen--History.--Southern States--History.
Self-culture--Southern States--History.
Literacy--Southern States--History.
Education--History.--Southern States--History.
Slavery--Southern States--History.
Southern States--Race relations.
Negers.
Slaven (arbeid)
Vrijgelaten slaven.
Zelfstudie.
Alfabetisme.

Notes:

Based on the author's dissertation (Yale University). Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-285) and index.

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 dwo buisness 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.

Series:

The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture

ISBN:

9780807829202 (alk. paper)
080782920X (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56794658

LCCN:

2004022755

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

ORAX826 -- Scott Community College (Bettendorf)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)