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Washington Post on Slavery at the University of Virginia-It Was Everywhere!

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Alan Taylor has a book coming out next week that looks at the connection between Thomas Jefferson’s beloved University of Virginia and…

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Miseducating “Dixie Children”: A Confederate Textbook Discusses Race 1863

During the Civil War several education books were printed to to teach Confederate children the worldview of their elders. This book appeared in 1863. Below…

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Self-Taught: African American Education in Slavery and Freedom by Heather Andrea Williams

Self-Taught: African American Education in Slavery and Freedom by Heather Andrea Williams published by University of North Carolina Press (2007) $29.95 Paperback $18.83 Kindle. ​ Self-Taught:…

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Why Racial Separation Was Necessary for Alabama Schools to Avoid Discrimination Against Whites: Alabama Convention 1867

Most blacks had been denied any chance for a formal education during slavery. With Emancipation came the opportunity for some to attend classes at schools…

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William and Mary to Expand Research into Legacy of Slavery at the College

The College of William and Mary in Virginia announced that it is expanding its project documenting the role of slavery at the school. A $1…

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Educational Reconstruction African American Schools in the Urban South, 1865–1890 by Hilary Green

Educational Reconstruction African American Schools in the Urban South, 1865–1890 by Hilary Green published by Fordham University Press (2016) 272 pages, Paperback $35.00, Kindle $22.99.​…

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