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Educated for freedom : the incredible story of two fugitive schoolboys who grew up to change a nation / Anna Mae Duane. |
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Publication Info. |
New York : New York University Press, [2020] |
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©2020 |
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Description |
241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
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. |
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Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882.
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Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865.
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African Americans -- Colonization -- Africa -- History -- 19th century.
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African Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- History -- 19th century.
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Antislavery movements -- United States -- History.
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New-York African Free-School -- History.
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American Colonization Society -- History.
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Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Free blacks -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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African American intellectuals -- Biography.
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New York (State) -- History -- 19th century.
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United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Genre |
Biographies.
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Subject |
ocls african american bio
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ISBN |
9781479847471 (cloth) : $30.00 |
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147984747X (cloth) : $30.00 |
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ISBN |
9781479847471 (cloth) : $30.00 |
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147984747X (cloth) : $30.00 |
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