Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 330 Woodson, Carter Godwin 1875 1950 Woodson, C. G. (Carter Godwin) Woodson, Carter G. The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War Reading ease score: 59.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Josephine Paoluccci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861" by Carter Godwin Woodson is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work explores the comprehensive history of the education of African Americans from the onset of slavery up to the Civil War, analyzing the various challenges and advancements they experienced in their quest for knowledge. At the start of the narrative, Woodson introduces the complex landscape of education for Negroes in the ante-bellum period. He outlines two distinct phases in this history: the initial period when some slaveholders recognized the economic benefits of educating their slaves, and a later period marked by a backlash against such education driven by fear of potential uprisings. Woodson highlights the roles of different societal groups, including sympathetic masters, religious missionaries, and reformers, who endeavored to improve the educational opportunities for slaves and free black individuals, often in defiance of repressive laws. In contrast, he also details the increasingly reactionary measures that sought to restrict and prohibit access to education for African Americans as the institution of slavery evolved. The opening sets a scholarly tone while advocating for a more profound recognition of the intellectual capabilities and rights of the Negro in the broader context of American society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en African Americans -- Education LC Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Teaching & Education 827040 826915 2024-10-05T08:05:47.786965 2023-10-05T08:11:48.989766 text/html text/html 827033 826908 2024-10-05T08:05:48.163026 2023-10-05T08:11:49.263785 text/html text/html 360974 2024-10-05T08:06:01.397885 application/epub+zip 371969 2024-10-05T08:05:52.103907 application/epub+zip 354123 2024-10-05T08:05:50.390982 application/epub+zip 689983 2024-10-05T08:06:08.105831 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 628328 2024-10-05T08:06:00.131911 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 517537 2022-09-05T11:36:45.870409 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 756587 756513 2024-10-05T08:05:47.007008 2023-10-05T08:11:48.405738 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 757997 2004-02-15T13:06:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 262603 2004-02-15T13:07:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 758004 2004-02-15T13:06:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 262430 2004-02-15T13:07:14 text/plain application/zip 21262 2024-10-05T08:06:08.427812 application/rdf+xml 13721 2024-10-05T08:05:50.951977 image/jpeg 3371 2024-10-05T08:05:50.668987 image/jpeg 352493 2024-10-05T08:05:48.227005 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia