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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Duane, Anna Mae (1968-....)
Titre(s) : Educated for freedom [Texte imprimé] : the incredible story of two fugitive schoolboys who grew up to change a nation / Anna Mae Duane
Publication : New York (N.Y.) : New York University Press, copyright 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (241 p.) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"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."
Sujet(s) : Smith, James McCune (1813-1865)
Garnet, Henry Highland (1815-1882)
Mouvements antiesclavagistes -- New York (N.Y., États-Unis) -- 19e siècle
New-York African Free-School
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Indice(s) Dewey :
306.362 097309 (23e éd.) = Esclavage - États-Unis - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781479847471. - ISBN 147984747X (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46823295w
Notice n° :
FRBNF46823295
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 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).
