Posted in Slavery Texas

Texas Education Working Group Suggested that the Term “Involuntary Relocation” Replace “Slave Trade”

Pursuant to new policies adopted in Texas barring “Critical Race Theory” a working group set up by the state has advised that what used to…

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Posted in Memory of Reconstruction

Historians Urge School Districts to Teach the Reconstruction Era

180 historians have signed an open letter urging school districts to devote more time and resources to the teaching of the Reconstruction Era. The signers include…

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Posted in Book Reviews Education Freedmen's Bureau Women and Gender

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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