Liberal subjects: elementary education and native agency in the British West Indies, c. 1834–1860.
This article argues that missionaries in the British West Indies conceived of elementary education as a key element of the transition from slavery to freedom in the 1830s and 40s. They suggested that elementary schools and teacher training colleges could not only teach Christianity and literacy, but...
| Publicado en: | Slavery & Abolition Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 750 - 774 |
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