| When I Can Read My Title Clear: Literacy, Slavery, and Religion in the Antebellum South Revised Edition Contributor(s): Cornelius, Janet Duitsman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0872498719 ISBN-13: 9780872498716 Publisher: University of South Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1992 Annotation: "a distinctive volume revealing yet again America's often-contradictory dance with freedom and the concepts of equality and inalienable rights". -- Chicago Tribune |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | United States - 19th Century - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations |
| Dewey: 305.567 |
| LCCN: 90028086 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.02" W x 8.96" (0.87 lbs) 215 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first study to focus on the roots of slavery in the African-American drive for literacy and schooling that exploded immediately after the American Civil War. The author examines why blacks valued literacy, how it played an integral part in the black church, and how it served as an instrument of political resistance in the African-American community under slavery. Cornelius also explores the complexities and contradictions in the roles played by early southern slaveholders who used literacy as a barrier between black and white, slave and free. While legal restrictions against teaching slaves to read were less extensive than commonly thought, sanctions were brutal and pervasive. However, despite the threat of grim punishments, enslaved African-Americans did learn to read. |