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Wartime education

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Image of an engraving published in 1863 that depicts a teacher instructing African American children in Virginia during the Civil War. The children sit beneath a tree, and the teacher stands in front of them.Schools for black students in Georgia were operated secretly before the war, when teaching slaves to read was against the law.
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Digital Library of Georgia