Planters and Pedagogues: The Social and Political Implications of Education in British West Indian Slave Society.

Rooke, P. T.

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Publication Date: 1978

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Planters and Pedagogues: The Social and Political Implications of Education in British West Indian Slave Society

Rooke, P. T.

Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 24, 1, 37-52, Mar 78

Utilizing the findings of a far-reaching and detailed analysis of evangelical missionary education in the British West Indies (1800-1838), this article asserts planters and missionaries had antithetical assumptions about the provision of education for slaves, the missionaries not always operating in the interest of the dominant society. (JC)

Descriptors: Conflict, Educational Philosophy, History, Political Issues, Religious Organizations, Slavery, Social Systems

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