PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABSTRACT
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
A Talisman of Power and a Badge of Freedom
Humanitarianism，Patriotism，Religion
A Road to Black Self-Reliance and a Means to Reconstruct the South

CHAPTER 3 MAINSTREAM AMERICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN THEORIES OF EDUCATIoN IN THE ANTEBELLUM YEARS
Education and Republican Citizenry
Education and National Identity
Anti-Literacy Laws and American Slavery
Control and Counter-Control，Oppression and Resistance
Education and Freedom

CHAPTER 4 AFRICAN AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES IN THE PRE-CIVIL WAR YEARS
Black Education before the Enactment of the Anti-Literacy Laws
Black Education after the Enactment of the Anti．Literacy Laws

CHAPTER 5 AFIUCAN AMERICAN INITIATIVE IN BLACK EDUCATION DURING THE CIVIL WAR
The“Contrabands”at Fortress Monroe and Vicinity
The“Freedmen”at Port Royal and Its Surrounding Area
“Freedmen’s”Education in Other Places Occupied by the Union Army
CHAPTER 6 CoNCLUSION
BlBLIOGRAPHY