The Quest for "Book Learning": African American Education in Slavery and Freedom

A Companion to African American History

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 295-311

  Span, Christopher M ^a   Anderson, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

African american education; Book learning; Discrimination; Slavery; Societal conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890733306     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996720.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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