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

Butchart, Ronald E.

ISBN 10: 0807834203 / ISBN 13: 9780807834206

Edité par University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 2010

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(2010), First Edition, About Fine/About Fine dj, octavo, 314pp., black boards hardcover, bright gold lettering on backstrip, excellent unclipped pictorial dj, binding tight, text unmarked.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Schooling the Freed People: Teaching, Learning, and the Struggle for Black Freedom 1861-1876
• Éditeur: University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill
• Date de parution: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0807834203
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780807834206
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Fine

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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.

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.