Reading, 'Riting, and Reconstruction: The Education of Freedmen in the South, 1861-1870

by Robert C. Morris

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226539296
• ISBN13: 9780226539294
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"