Self-taught: African American education in slavery and freedom

In secret places : acquiring literacy in slave communities

A coveted possession : literacy in the first days of freedom

The men are actually clamoring for books : African American soldiers and the educational mission

We must get education for ourselves and our children : advocacy for education

We are striving to do buisness on our own hook : organizing schools on the ground

We are laboring under many difficulties : African American teachers in freedpeople's schools

A long and tedious road to travel for knowledge : textbooks and freedpeople's schools

If anybody wants an education, it is me : students in freedpeople's schools

First movings of the waters : the creation of common school systems for Black and White students

Epilogue

Appendix : African Americans, literacy, and the law in the antebellum South.

In secret places : acquiring literacy in slave communities

A coveted possession : literacy in the first days of freedom

The men are actually clamoring for books : African American soldiers and the educational mission

We must get education for ourselves and our children : advocacy for education

We are striving to do business on our own hook : organizing schools on the ground

We are laboring under many difficulties : African American teachers in freedpeople's schools

A long and tedious road to travel for knowledge : textbooks and freedpeople's schools

If anybody wants an education, it is me : students in freedpeople's schools

First movings of the waters : the creation of common school systems for Black and White students

Epilogue

Appendix : African Americans, literacy, and the law in the antebellum South.