Browsing FACULTY OF EDUCATION by Subject "Freedpeople"

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Representations of race and racism in the textbooks used in southern black schools during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era, 1861–1876 (Pre-published version)

Brosnan, AnneMarie (Routledge, 2016-08-30)

During the American Civil War and Reconstruction era, 1861–1876, formerly enslaved men and women demanded access to education. Aided by northern white missionaries, free blacks and some southern whites, freed men and ...
“To educate themselves”: southern black teachers in North Carolina’s schools for the freedpeople during the Civil War and reconstruction period, 1862–1875 (Pre-published version)

Brosnan, AnneMarie (Routledge, 2019-11-26)

Between 1862 and 1875, most of the teachers in North Carolina’s schools for the freedpeople were black. The vast majority of these teachers were from the South, mostly North Carolina, and many were former slaves. Yet, ...