This is the only book to date to examine the history of black education in Virginia during the Civil War era. Horst describes in detail the plight of blacks who struggled for literacy as they fled the farms and plantations of Virginia. He also describes the role of the northern missionaries who travelled south to educate former slaves.
- ISBN10 0819166634
- ISBN13 9780819166630
- Publish Date 16 October 1987
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 8 June 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University Press of America
- Format Paperback
- Pages 302
- Language English