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The Bray Schools And Black Education In The Early American Republic, Mitchell Allen Fellows
The Bray Schools And Black Education In The Early American Republic, Mitchell Allen Fellows
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Ideas about the role of education in American society were contentious during the early years of the Nation. Despite this discord, the vast majority of African Americans lacked access to educational opportunities regardless of whether they were free or enslaved. When schools for African Americans did exist, they were often established by local community leaders or by benevolent societies. Benevolent societies in the early United States existed to prevent what they perceived as a moral decline in the nation. This thesis analyzed the records of schools established by two benevolent societies, the Associates of the Late Dr. Bray and the …