Educating the disfranchised and disinherited : Samuel Chapman Armstrong and Hampton Institute, 1839-1893 / Robert Francis Engs.

Author/creator Engs, Robert Francis
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoKnoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©1999.
Descriptionxx, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents The Armstrong legacy : Richard Armstrong and his Hawaiian mission -- Samuel Chapman Armstrong : coming of age in Hawaii -- Acculturation and maturation : a Hawaiian in America -- "To save the Union" : Samuel Chapman Armstrong and America's Civil War -- "To make men free" : commander of Black troops -- To realize freedom's promise : Freedmen's Bureau agent, 1866-1868 -- "To teach and to lead" : founding Hampton Institute -- A more personal Armstrong : Sam, Emma, and the missionary ladies, 1868-1878 -- "Education for life" : early years of Hampton Institute, 1868-1878 -- "Education for backward races" : teaching two races -- "Gathered to scatter" : lives and work of Hampton's alumni -- Educational propagandist and entrepreneur, 1874-1886 -- Final voyages : home to Hawaii and home to Hampton.
Local noteLittle-321626--305131023592Y
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [199]-202) and index.
LCCN 98058089
ISBN1572330511 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks LC2851 .H313 A764 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold