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Educated for Freedom - The Incredible Story of Two Fugitive Schoolboys Who Grew Up to Change a Nation (Hardcover)
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Educated for Freedom - The Incredible Story of Two Fugitive Schoolboys Who Grew Up to Change a Nation (Hardcover)
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The powerful story of two young men who changed the national debate
about slavery In the 1820s, few Americans could imagine a viable
future for black children. Even abolitionists saw just two options
for African American youth: permanent subjection or exile. Educated
for Freedom tells the story of James McCune Smith and Henry
Highland Garnet, two black children who came of age and into
freedom as their country struggled to grow from a slave nation into
a free country. Smith and Garnet met as schoolboys at the Mulberry
Street New York African Free School, an educational experiment
created by founding fathers who believed in freedom's power to
transform the country. Smith and Garnet's achievements were
near-miraculous in a nation that refused to acknowledge black
talent or potential. The sons of enslaved mothers, these schoolboy
friends would go on to travel the world, meet Revolutionary War
heroes, publish in medical journals, address Congress, and speak
before cheering crowds of thousands. The lessons they took from
their days at the New York African Free School #2 shed light on how
antebellum Americans viewed black children as symbols of America's
possible future. The story of their lives, their work, and their
friendship testifies to the imagination and activism of the free
black community that shaped the national journey toward freedom.
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