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The education of the Negro prior to 1861 : a history of the education of the colored people of the United States from the beginning of slavery to the Civil War

Title: The education of the Negro prior to 1861 : a history of the education of the colored people of the United States from the beginning of slavery to the Civil War / by C. G. Woodson.
Author: Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950.
Publication: New York ; London : G.P. Putnam's Sons 1915

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Description

v, [1], 454 p.; 21 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Genre/Form

Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

"Copyright, 1915 y [sic] Carter Godwin Woodson"--verso of title page.
"The Knickerbocker Press, New York."--printer statement, verso of title page.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-434) and index.

Provenance (note)

inscribed: in ink on recto of first free endleaf "To Mr. A.A. Schomburg with the best wishes of C.G. Woodson. Nov. 2, 1915." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Religion with letters -- ch. 3. Education as a right of man -- ch. 4. Actual education -- ch. 5. Better beginnings -- ch. 6. Educating the urban Negro -- ch. 7. The reaction -- ch. 8. Religion without letters -- ch. 9. Learning in spite of opposition -- ch. 10. Educating Negroes transplanted to free soil -- ch. 11. Higher education -- ch. 12. Vocational training -- ch. 13. Education at public expense -- Appendix: Documents -- Bibliography -- Index.

Call Number

Sc Rare 370.973-W (Woodson, C. Education of the Negro prior to 1861)

LCCN

15011789

OCLC

1203141
NYPGR1203141-B

Author

Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950.

Title

The education of the Negro prior to 1861 : a history of the education of the colored people of the United States from the beginning of slavery to the Civil War / by C. G. Woodson.

Imprint

New York ; London : G.P. Putnam's Sons 1915 ([New York] : The Knickerbocker Press)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-434) and index.

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 370.973-W (accession no. B526363) inscribed: in ink on recto of first free endleaf "To Mr. A.A. Schomburg with the best wishes of C.G. Woodson. Nov. 2, 1915." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Afro-American author.

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950, inscriber.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 370.973-W (Woodson, C. Education of the Negro prior to 1861)

SSR (Woodson, C. G. Education of the negro prior to 1861)

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