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Degrees of equality : abolitionist colleges and the politics of race / John Frederick Bell.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Antislavery, abolition, and the Atlantic worldPublisher: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2022]Description: 1 online resource (unpaged) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780807177846
  • 0807177849
  • 9780807177839
  • 0807177830
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Degrees of equalityDDC classification:
  • 378.1/982996073 23/eng/20220217
LOC classification:
  • LC212.72 .B45 2022
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Oberlin and the Trial of Interracial Education, 1835-1853 -- The Rise and Fall of New York Central College, 1848-1860 -- Oberlin's Black Alumnae and the New Birth of Freedom, 1852-1867 -- Berea and the Boundaries of Equality, 1866-1880 -- The Unraveling of Interracial Oberlin, 1874-1892 -- Berea's Race Problem, 1889-1895.
Summary: "The abolitionist movement not only helped bring an end to slavery in the United States but also inspired the large-scale admission of African Americans to the country's colleges and universities. Oberlin College changed the face of American higher education in 1835 when it began enrolling students irrespective of race and sex. Camaraderie among races flourished at the Ohio institution and at two other leading abolitionist colleges, Berea in Kentucky and New York Central, where Black and white students allied in the fight for emancipation and civil rights. After Reconstruction, however, color lines emerged on even the most progressive campuses. For new generations of white students and faculty, ideas of fairness toward African Americans rarely extended beyond tolerating their presence in the classroom, and overt acts of racial discrimination against Blacks grew increasingly common by the 1880s. John Frederick Bell's Degrees of Equality analyzes the trajectory of interracial reform at Oberlin, New York Central, and Berea, noting its implications for the progress of racial equality in nineteenth-century America. Drawing on student and alumni writings, institutional records, and promotional materials, Bell uses case studies to interrogate how abolitionists and their successors put their principles into practice. The ultimate failure of these social experiments illustrates a tragic irony of interracial reform, as the achievement of African American freedom and citizenship led whites to divest from the project of racial pluralism"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Oberlin and the Trial of Interracial Education, 1835-1853 -- The Rise and Fall of New York Central College, 1848-1860 -- Oberlin's Black Alumnae and the New Birth of Freedom, 1852-1867 -- Berea and the Boundaries of Equality, 1866-1880 -- The Unraveling of Interracial Oberlin, 1874-1892 -- Berea's Race Problem, 1889-1895.

"The abolitionist movement not only helped bring an end to slavery in the United States but also inspired the large-scale admission of African Americans to the country's colleges and universities. Oberlin College changed the face of American higher education in 1835 when it began enrolling students irrespective of race and sex. Camaraderie among races flourished at the Ohio institution and at two other leading abolitionist colleges, Berea in Kentucky and New York Central, where Black and white students allied in the fight for emancipation and civil rights. After Reconstruction, however, color lines emerged on even the most progressive campuses. For new generations of white students and faculty, ideas of fairness toward African Americans rarely extended beyond tolerating their presence in the classroom, and overt acts of racial discrimination against Blacks grew increasingly common by the 1880s. John Frederick Bell's Degrees of Equality analyzes the trajectory of interracial reform at Oberlin, New York Central, and Berea, noting its implications for the progress of racial equality in nineteenth-century America. Drawing on student and alumni writings, institutional records, and promotional materials, Bell uses case studies to interrogate how abolitionists and their successors put their principles into practice. The ultimate failure of these social experiments illustrates a tragic irony of interracial reform, as the achievement of African American freedom and citizenship led whites to divest from the project of racial pluralism"-- Provided by publisher.

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