Wartime Education

Linked to Freedmen’s Education during Reconstruction

Share Feedback

An engraving published in 1863 depicts a teacher instructing African American children in Virginia during the Civil War. Schools for Black students in Georgia were operated secretly before the war, when teaching enslaved people to read was against the law.

Image from American Antiquarian Society

Wartime Education

Updated Recently

Elbert County

Elbert County

3 days ago
Appalachian Trail

Appalachian Trail

3 days ago
Carter Center

Carter Center

3 days ago
Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

3 days ago

A More Perfect Union

The New Georgia Encyclopedia is supported by funding from A More Perfect Union, a special initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities.