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Educated for freedom : the incredible story of two fugitive schoolboys who grew up to change a nation /

"James McCune Smith and Henry Highland Garnet met as schoolboys at the Mulberry Street New York African Free School, an educational experiment created by founding fathers who believed in freedom's power to transform the country. Smith and Garnet's achievements were near-miraculous in...

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Main Author: Duane, Anna Mae, 1968- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2020]
Subjects and Genres:
Garnet, Henry Highland, > 1815-1882.
Smith, James McCune, > 1813-1865.
New-York African Free-School > History.
American Colonization Society > History.
African Americans > Colonization > Africa > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Cultural assimilation > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > United States > History.
Slavery > United States > History > 19th century.
Free African Americans > History > 19th century.
African American intellectuals > Biography.
United States.
New York (State)
Africa.
New York (State) > History > 19th century.
United States > History > 19th century.
Biographies.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Slavery at the school door
  • The star student as specimen (ca. 1822-1837)
  • Shifting ground, lost parents, uprooted schools (ca. 1822-1840)
  • Orphans, data, and the American story (ca. 1837-1850)
  • Throwing down the shovel (ca. 1840-1850)
  • Pumping out a sinking ship (ca. 1850-1855)
  • Follow the money, find the revolution (ca. 1850-1855)
  • Bitter battles, African civilization, and John Brown's Body (ca. 1856-1862)
  • The war's end and the nation's future (ca. 1862-1865).

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