Title Educated for freedom : the incredible story of two fugitive schoolboys who grew up to change a nation / Anna Mae Duane

Published New York : New York University Press, [2020] ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations Contents 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) Summary The powerful story of two young men who changed the national debate about slavery In the 1820s, few Americans could imagine a viable future for black children. Even abolitionists saw just two options for African American youth: permanent subjection or exile. Educated for Freedom tells the story of James McCune Smith and Henry Highland Garnet, two black children who came of age and into freedom as their country struggled to grow from a slave nation into a free country. Smith and 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 Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from READ title page (OverDrive, viewed January 28, 2020) Subject Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882. Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865. SUBJECT Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865 Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882 Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882 fast Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865 fast Subject New-York African Free-School -- History American Colonization Society -- History SUBJECT American Colonization Society fast New-York African Free-School fast Subject African Americans -- Colonization -- Africa -- History -- 19th century African Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- History -- 19th century Antislavery movements -- United States -- History Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century Free Black people -- United States -- History -- 19th century African American intellectuals -- Biography Free African Americans -- History -- 19th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies. Free African Americans African American intellectuals African Americans -- Colonization African Americans -- Cultural assimilation Antislavery movements Free Black people Slavery Africa United States Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781479877225 1479877220

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