NMAH copy Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment.
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
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.