Reading, `Riting, and Reconstruction – The Education of Freedmen in the South, 1861–1870

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Robert C Morris

Reading, `Riting, and Reconstruction – The Education of Freedmen in the South, 1861–1870

Robert C Morris

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University of Chicago Press
30 October 2010

History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Black & Asian studies; Education; Teaching of students with English as a second language (TESOL)

This study of education for freedmen following Emancipation is the definitive treatment of the subject. Employing a wide range of sources, Robert C. Morris examines the organizations that staffed and managed black schools in the South, with particular attention paid to the activities of the Freedman’s Bureau. He looks as well at those who came to teach, a diverse group—white, black, Northern, Southern—and at the curricula and textbooks they used. While giving special emphasis to the Freedmen’s Bureau school program, Morris places the freedmen’s educational movement fully in its nineteenth-century context, relating it both to the antislavery crusade that preceded it and to the conservative era of race relations that followed.

By: Robert C Morris
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 482g
ISBN: 9780226539294
ISBN 10: 0226539296
Pages: 358
Publication Date: 30 October 2010
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert C. Morris (1942-2003) held positions at Columbia University and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library before becoming director of the National Archives, Northeast Region.

Reviews for Reading, `Riting, and Reconstruction – The Education of Freedmen in the South, 1861–1870

Morris's ingenuity in ferreting out a wealth of biographical information... is particularly impressive.... An especially welcome addition to the literature. - American Journal of Education