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Educated for freedom : the incredible story of two fugitive schoolboys who grew up to change a nation / Anna Mae Duane.
LIBRA E449 .D835 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Duane, Anna Mae, 1968- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States.
- New York (State).
- Africa.
- New York (State)--History--19th century.
- United States--History--19th century.
- Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882.
- Garnet, Henry Highland.
- Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865.
- Smith, James McCune.
- African Americans--Colonization--Africa--History--19th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Cultural assimilation--History--19th century.
- Antislavery movements--United States--History.
- Antislavery movements.
- New-York African Free-School--History.
- New-York African Free-School.
- American Colonization Society--History.
- American Colonization Society.
- Slavery--United States--History--19th century.
- Slavery.
- Free African Americans--History--19th century.
- Free African Americans.
- African American intellectuals--Biography.
- African American intellectuals.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "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 a nation that refused to acknowledge black talent or potential. The sons of enslaved mothers, these schoolboy friends would go on to travel the world, meet Revolutionary War heroes, publish in medical journals, address Congress, and speak before cheering crowds of thousands. The lessons they took from their days at the New York African Free School #2 shed light on how antebellum Americans viewed black children as symbols of America's possible future. The story of their lives, their work, and their friendship testifies to the imagination and activism of the free black community that shaped the national journey toward freedom." -- (Source of summary not specified)
- 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).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- HSP Copy: Pennsylvania Abolition Society Complimentary Collection
- ISBN:
- 9781479847471
- 147984747X
- OCLC:
- 1091846304
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