Slavery and the university : histories and legacies / edited by Leslie M. Harris, James T. Campbell & Alfred L. Brophy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harris, Leslie M. (Leslie Maria), 1965- editor.

Campbell, James T., editor.

Brophy, Alfred L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

African Americans.

Universities and colleges--United States--History.

Universities and colleges.

Slavery--United States.

Slavery.

Discrimination in higher education--United States.

Discrimination in higher education.

Racism in education--United States.

Racism in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 354 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Place of Publication:

Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia Press, 2019.

Summary:

Slavery and the University is the first edited collection of scholarly essays devoted solely to the histories and legacies of this subject on North American campuses and in their Atlantic contexts. Gathering together contributions from scholars, activists, and administrators, the volume combines two broad bodies of work: (1) historically based interdisciplinary research on the presence of slavery at higher education institutions in terms of the development of proslavery and antislavery thought and the use of slave labor; and (2) analysis on the ways in which the legacies of slavery in institutions of higher education continued in the post-Civil War era to the present day. The collection features broadly themed essays on issues of religion, economy, and the regional slave trade of the Caribbean. It also includes case studies of slavery's influence on specific institutions, such as Princeton University, Harvard University, Oberlin College, Emory University, and the University of Alabama. Though the roots of Slavery and the University stem from a 2011 conference at Emory University, the collection extends outward to incorporate recent findings. As such, it offers a roadmap to one of the most exciting developments in the field of U.S. slavery studies and to ways of thinking about racial diversity in the history and current practices of higher education.

Contents:

Introduction; Part 1. Proslavery and Antislavery Thought and Action; Chapter 1. "Sons from the Southward & Some from the West Indies": The Academy and Slavery in Revolutionary America; Chapter 2. Princeton and Slavery: Holding the Center; Chapter 3. Proslavery Political Theory in the Southern Academy, 1832-1861; Chapter 4. Negotiating the Honor Culture: Students and Slaves at Three Virginia Colleges; Chapter 5. Making Their Case: Religion, Pedagogy, and the Slavery Question at Antebellum Emory College; Chapter 6. "I Whipped Him a Second Time, Very Severely": Basil Manly, Honor, and Slavery at the University of Alabama; Chapter 7. "Two Youths (Slaves) of Great Promise": The Education of David and Washington McDonogh at Lafayette College, 1838-1844; Chapter 8. "I Am a Man": Martin Henry Freeman (Middlebury College, 1849) and the Problems of Race, Manhood, and Colonization; Chapter 9. Towers of Intellect: The Struggle for African American Higher Education in Antebellum New England; Chapter 10. "I Have At Last Found My 'Sphere'": The Unintentional Development of a Female Abolitionist Stronghold at Oberlin College; Part 2. Remembering and Forgetting Slavery at Universities; Chapter 11. Slavery and Justice at Brown: A Personal Reflection; Chapter 12. Harvard and Slavery: A Short History; Chapter 13. Scholars, Lawyers, and Their Slaves: St. George and Nathaniel Beverley Tucker in the College Town of Williamsburg; Chapter 14. The "Family Business": Slavery, Double Consciousness, and Objects of Memory at Emory University; Chapter 15. Engaging the Racial Landscape at the University of Alabama Chapter 16. Forgetting Slavery at Yale and Transylvania; Afterword; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780820354446

0820354449