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290 pages • first pub 2025 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780300272826
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Edition Pub Date: 14 January 2025
Description
Few have ever valued literacy as much as the enslaved Black people of the American South. For them, it was more than a means to a better life; it was a gateway to freedom and, in some instances, a tool for inspiring revolt. And few governments tr...
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290 pages • first pub 2025 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780300272826
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Edition Pub Date: 14 January 2025
Description
Few have ever valued literacy as much as the enslaved Black people of the American South. For them, it was more than a means to a better life; it was a gateway to freedom and, in some instances, a tool for inspiring revolt. And few governments tr...