Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 171 Woodson, Carter Godwin 1875 1950 Woodson, C. G. (Carter Godwin) Woodson, Carter G. 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 Produced by Suzanne Shell, Josephine Paoluccci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861" by Carter Godwin Woodson is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work explores the comprehensive history of the education of African Americans from the onset of slavery up to the Civil War, analyzing the various challenges and advancements they experienced in their quest for knowledge. At the start of the narrative, Woodson introduces the complex landscape of education for Negroes in the ante-bellum period. He outlines two distinct phases in this history: the initial period when some slaveholders recognized the economic benefits of educating their slaves, and a later period marked by a backlash against such education driven by fear of potential uprisings. Woodson highlights the roles of different societal groups, including sympathetic masters, religious missionaries, and reformers, who endeavored to improve the educational opportunities for slaves and free black individuals, often in defiance of repressive laws. In contrast, he also details the increasingly reactionary measures that sought to restrict and prohibit access to education for African Americans as the institution of slavery evolved. The opening sets a scholarly tone while advocating for a more profound recognition of the intellectual capabilities and rights of the Negro in the broader context of American society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 59.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en African Americans -- Education LC Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Teaching & Education 827048 2025-06-20T18:21:38.243926 text/html 827033 826908 2024-11-05T07:57:48.103183 2023-10-05T08:11:49.263785 text/html text/html 361020 2025-06-20T18:22:04.118255 application/epub+zip 371908 2025-06-20T18:21:49.263859 application/epub+zip 354062 2025-06-20T18:21:42.884853 application/epub+zip 689909 2025-06-20T18:22:16.220219 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 628224 2025-06-20T18:22:02.752256 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 517537 2022-09-05T11:36:45.870409 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 756475 2025-06-20T18:21:37.450876 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 736702 2024-10-28T18:25:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11855 2025-06-20T18:22:16.374205 application/rdf+xml 13721 2025-06-20T18:21:48.251822 image/jpeg 3371 2025-06-20T18:21:47.975854 image/jpeg 352536 2025-06-20T18:21:38.321955 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia