Schooling the Freed People: Teaching, Learning, and the Struggle for Black Freedom, 1861-1876 - Couverture rigide

Butchart, Ronald E.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0807834203 ISBN 13 : 9780807834206

Editeur : The University of North Carolina Press, 2010

Synopsis

Butchart combed the archives of all of the freedmen's aid organizations as well as the archives of every southern state to compile a vast database of over 11,600 individuals who taught in southern black schools between 1861 and 1876. He reaches some surprising conclusions: one-third of the teachers were African Americans; black teachers taught longer than white teachers; half of the teachers were southerners; and even the northern teachers were more diverse than previously imagined. His evidence demonstrates that evangelicalism contributed much less than previously believed to white teachers' commitment to black students, that abolitionism was a relatively small factor in motivating the teachers, and that, on the whole, the teachers' aspirations about their work often ran counter to the aspirations of the freed people for schooling.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ronald E. Butchart is professor of history and education and affiliate faculty in the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Georgia. He is a leading authority on the history of African American education.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University of North Carolina Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807834203
• ISBN 13: 9780807834206
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
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