Book: Slave Narratives Volume 3 The slaves were not allowed to attend schools of any kind; and school facilities immediately following Emancipation were very poor; when the first teacher Miss Smith a Yankee came to Sparta Georgia and began teaching Sunday School all of the children were given testaments or catechisms which their parents were afraid for them to keep lest their masters whip them but the teacher called on the parents and explained to them that they were as free as their former masters.
Details of Book: Slave Narratives Volume 3 Book: Slave Narratives Volume 3
Author: Work Projects Administration
ISBN: 1426459319
ISBN-13: 9781426459313
, 978-1426459313
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 11102007
Publisher: Bibliolife
Number of Pages: 232
Language: English