A history of Southland College : the Society of Friends and black education in Arkansas / Thomas C. Kennedy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennedy, Thomas C. (Thomas Cummins), 1937-2017.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Southland College (Helena, Ark.)--History.

Southland College (Helena, Ark.).

Society of Friends--United States--History.

Society of Friends.

African Americans--Education (Higher)--Arkansas.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

xii, 349 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1864 Alida and Calvin Clark, two abolitionist members of the Religious Society of Friends from Indiana, went on a mission trip to Helena, Arkansas.The Clarks had come to render temporary relief to displaced war orphans but instead found a lifelong calling.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

1. Worlds Apart

2. Friends and Freedmen

3. The Curse of Slavery and War

4. The Bible and the Spelling Book

5. Trials and Triumphs

6. The End of the First Generation

7. From Miz' Clark to Jim Crow

8. A Troubled Decade

9. The Wolford Era

10. New Beginnings and Unhappy Endings

11. An Avenue of Great Service

12. The Guard Changes

13. Last Days

Epilogue

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Not distributed; available at Arkansas State Library.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61075-001-2

OCLC:

769187836