Educated for freedom : the incredible story of two fugitive schoolboys who grew up to change a nation /

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The powerful story of two young men who changed the national debate about slavery In the 1820s, few Americans could imagine a viable future for black children. Even abolitionists saw just two options for African American youth: permanent subjection or exile. Educated for Freedom tells the story of J...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Duane, Anna Mae, 1968- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : New York University Press, [2020]
Sujets:
Garnet, Henry Highland, > 1815-1882.
Smith, James McCune, > 1813-1865.
New-York African Free-School > History.
American Colonization Society > History.
American Colonization Society.
New-York African Free-School.
1800-1899
African Americans > Colonization > Africa > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Cultural assimilation > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > United States > History.
Slavery > United States > History > 19th century.
Free Black people > United States > History > 19th century.
African American intellectuals > Biography.
Free African Americans > History > 19th century.
Noirs américains > Colonisation > Afrique > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Noirs américains > Acculturation > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis > Histoire.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Noirs américains affranchis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Intellectuels noirs américains > Biographies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Free African Americans.
African American intellectuals.
African Americans > Colonization.
African Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Antislavery movements.
Free Black people.
Slavery.
Africa.
United States.
Biography
Biographies.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Slavery at the school door
  • The star student as specimen (ca. 1822-1837)
  • Shifting ground, lost parents, uprooted schools (ca. 1822-1840)
  • Orphans, data, and the American story (ca. 1837-1850)
  • Throwing down the shovel (ca. 1840-1850)
  • Pumping out a sinking ship (ca. 1850-1855)
  • Follow the money, find the revolution (ca. 1850-1855)
  • Bitter battles, African civilization, and John Brown's Body (ca. 1856-1862)
  • The war's end and the nation's future (ca. 1862-1865).

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