The Influence of Reconstruction, on Education in the South (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Edgar Wallace Knight

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ISBN 10 : 1330787080 ISBN 13 : 9781330787083

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

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On no aspect of Reconstruction, probably, have more conflicting opinions been advanced than on its educational aspect. One very popular notion has been that Southern educational ideals were radically different from those of the North, and, in consequence, that the educational systems of the South were greatly at variance from those found elsewhere in the nation. The Northern view of the situation, as shown by the various reports and addresses published by the teachers associations, the Freedmen s Aid societies of the churches, the missionary societies, and the Freedmen s Bureau, may be summarized somewhat as follows: (1) The South had had no public education, was opposed to it, and such education as had been given was based on wrong principles and had resulted in secession, rebelhon, etc.; (2) the poor whites were densely ignorant and this ignorance, exploited by unscrupulous leaders, had been made the basis of the Confederacy; (3) not only were the Southern leaders opposed to the general education of the white masses, but all classes were opposed to any education of the recently freed negroes; .. .B riefly stated, the views held by the South on these points were almost entirely opposite those held by the North. Whether fairly representative or not, these general opinions have led to the more definite question: What influence did the Reconstruction or carpetbag regime have on the development of educational systems in the South? Here again generalities have been indulged in. .. as for free public schools, not a single Southern State had organized and set in operation a--system before the Civil War, Obviously, however, a satisfactory answer to the question of the influence of Reconstruction on education in the Southern States can be Fleming, Documentary History of Reconstruction, Vol. II, Chap. IX. I bid.; also Civil War and Reconstruction in A labama, by the
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• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330787080
• ISBN 13: 9781330787083
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 103
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