A Contested Terrain
Fordham University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5315-0929-3 (ISBN)
This book examines the educational experiences of Black North Carolinians during the American Civil War and Reconstruction period, 1861–1877. By highlighting the collaborative efforts that led to the growing network of schools for the formerly enslaved people, it argues that schooling the Freedpeople was a contested terrain, fraught with conflicting visions of Black freedom and the role education should play. Although Black men and women emerged as the driving force behind the educational endeavors of this period, their work was facilitated by Northern aid and missionary societies, the federally-mandated Freedmen's Bureau, and over 1,400 teachers from various regional and racial backgrounds. Yet the educational landscape was far from uniform, and the individuals and organizations involved had their distinct visions regarding the nature and purpose of Freedpeople's education.
Through the use of qualitative and quantitative research methods, this book offers new insights into the reasons why Black and white Northerners and Southerners elected to become teachers. By examining their diverse motivations and experiences, it argues that attitudes toward Freedpeople's education were complex and fluid, defying neat characterization.
Despite mounting obstacles and opposition to their work, Black North Carolinians' unrelenting quest for education ultimately gave rise to free public schooling for both races, the professionalization of Black teachers, and an extensive network of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
AnneMarie Brosnan is Associate Professor in the History of Education at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland. Her research interests include African American history in the US South, the Civil War and Reconstruction period, and race and ethnicity in the nineteenth century.
List of Abbreviations ix
Introduction 1
1 The Civil War and Early Reconstruction Period in North Carolina 11
2 To "Enjoy the Benefits of a School": Black North Carolinians and the Quest for Education 20
3 A Diverse Group of Educators: Freedpeople's Teachers in North Carolina 41
4 Answering the Call to Teach: Interrogating Teacher Motivations 68
5 The Textbooks Used in North Carolina's Schools for the Freedpeople 96
6 Life in Reconstruction North Carolina 109
Epilogue: The Struggle for Educational Equality Continues 125
Acknowledgments 131
Notes 133
Bibliography 173
Index 195
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.02.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Reconstructing America |
| Zusatzinfo | 4 photographs, 1 map, 1 graph, 1 table - 1 Maps |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5315-0929-0 / 1531509290 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5315-0929-3 / 9781531509293 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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