Schooling the freed people : teaching, learning, and the struggle for black freedom ; 1861-1876

Conventional wisdom holds that freedmen's education was largely the work of privileged, single white northern women motivated by evangelical beliefs and abolitionism. Backed by pathbreaking research, Ronald E. Butchart's __Schooling the Freed People__ shatters this notion. The most comprehensive quantitative study of the origins of black education in freedom ever undertaken, this definitive book on freedmen's teachers in the South is an outstanding contribution to social history and our understanding of African American education. MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Contents 6 Preface 10 Acknowledgments 22 1. At the Dawn of Freedom 24 2. To Serve My Own People: Black Teachers in the Southern Black Schools 40 3. It Will Result in a Better Understanding of Their Duties: Southern White Teachers and the Limits of Emancipation 75 4. A Desire to Labor in the Missionary Cause: Northern White Teachers and the Ambiguities of Emancipation 101 5. You Will, of Course, Wish to Know All about Our School: Learning and Teaching in the Freed People’s Schools 143 6. Race, Reconstruction, and Redemption: The Fate of Emancipation and Education, 1861–1876 176 Appendix A: Teachers in the Freed People’s Schools, 1861–1876 202 Appendix B: Estimating the Number of Black and Southern White Teachers, 1869–1876 207 Notes 212 Bibliography 270 Index 324 A 324 B 325 C 326 D 327 E 327 F 327 G 328 H 329 I 329 J 330 K 330 L 330 M 331 N 332 O 332 P 332 Q 333 R 333 S 333 T 335 U 336 V 336 W 336 Y 337 Z 337 The crowning achievement of a veteran scholar, this is the definitive book on freedmen's teachers in the South as well as an outstanding contribution to social history and our understanding of African American education. Conventional wisdom holds that freedmen's education was largely the work of privileged, single white northern women motivated by evangelical beliefs and abolitionism. Schooling the Freed People shatters this notion entirely. For the most comprehensive quantitative study of the origins of black education in freedom ever undertaken, Ronald E. 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. Based on this path-breaking research, he reaches some surprising one-third of the teachers were African Americans; black teachers taught longer than white teachers; half of t The Definitive Book On Freedmen's Teachers In The South As Well As An Outstanding Contribution To Social History And Our Understanding Of African American Education. 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. Ronald E. Butchart. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [189]-300) And Index.