Deep Like the Rivers: Education in the Slave Quarter Community, 1831-1865
- ISBN-10
- 039300998X
- ISBN-13
- 9780393009989
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1981
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Company Incorporated
- Author
- Thomas L. Webber
Description
Studies the ways in which American slaves were able to create and maintain their values by nurturing family patterns, artistic expression, and community structure
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Other editions
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- 1973
- 29 pages
- Paperback
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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