| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 314 pages) : illustrations |
| 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 |
| Summary |
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' |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-300) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
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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EDUCATION -- Students & Student Life.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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African American teachers
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Education
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Freed persons -- Education
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Southern States
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780807899342 |
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0807899348 |
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9781469604930 |
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1469604930 |
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