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This 15 page paper gives an overview of the history of black education from pre-Civil War era to the introduction of the ideas of du Bois and Booker T. Washington. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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for all. The developments in curricula, philosophies, and techniques have progressed, some might say, at an accelerated rate and has now begun to include such issues as gender and ethnic
background into the development of the all inclusive teaching models. However, this has not always been the case. In fact, up until the turn of the century, it was illegal
in most states to educate a person of color. The following proclamation was made in Louisiana in 1830, but the tone and the theme were repeated throughout the United States,
regardless. "Be it further enacted; That all persons who shall teach, or permit or cause to be taught, any slave in this state, to read or write, shall,
on conviction thereof, before any court of competent jurisdiction be imprisoned not less than one month nor more than twelve months" (Pifer 1973).
Keeping the black man ignorant was just another tool that the white slave owners had of quelling the slave rebellions. But not all white people felt this
way. In fact, there were many that the black education movement have to thank for their refusal to obey a law which effectively denied knowledge to persons because of the
color of their skin. One such person was Prudence Crandall, a Quaker woman, who opened a school for black girls. There was such a backlash from her endeavors, most experts
report, that the townspeople tried to burn down the school. Many believed at this day and age that the black man and woman were not the same species as the
white man and therefore it was making a mockery of the white man and Gods creation to try and teach the black man/woman to read. Burning down the school building
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