"Colored Schools Broken Up in the Free States"

Colored Schools Broken Up in the Free States
Title
"Colored Schools Broken Up in the Free States"
1839 Anti-Slavery Almanac
Rights
Public Domain
Electronic access courtesy of Cornell University
Type
Illustration
Creator
Anti-Slavery Almanac for 1839
Date
August 1838
Description
A white mob attacks a school labeled "School for Colored Girl." This is clearly a composite of incidents across the nation, and not strictly a representation of the Canterbury Female Academy because the students are uniformly children.
Language
English
Publisher
American Anti-Slavery Society
Relation
Colored Scholars Excluded from Schools"Colored Scholars Excluded from Schools"
Rights Holder
Public Domain
Subject
Liberty BellAbolition
George S. Burleigh 1847 editorial in favor of Black suffrageFree Black Civil Rights
Desegregation of Public Facilities and Public Schools
Temporal Coverage
1838
Item sets
Burleigh Resources ALL
Site pages
Agency and Activity in the 1830s
Media
Colored Schools Broken Up in the Free StatesColored Schools Broken Up in the Free States