Education as a Vehicle of Racial Control: Major General N. P. Banks in Louisiana, 1863-64.

Wilson, Keith

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Publication Date: 1981

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Education as a Vehicle of Racial Control: Major General N. P. Banks in Louisiana, 1863-64.

Wilson, Keith

Journal of Negro Education, v50 n2 p156-70 Spr 1981

Argues that as part of the objective of bringing economic recovery and social order to Louisiana following the Civil War, Banks made the education system an extension of his labor program. Examines the Free Labor System, the attitudes of Louisiana educational administrators, and the inhibiting nature of Black education. (Author/GC)

Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Black Education, Employment Programs, Labor Conditions, Racial Attitudes, Racial Discrimination, Slavery, Social Structure

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Louisiana

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