Black School, South Carolina, 1866
A school for freed black children in Charleston, South Carolina. Before the Civil War, it was illegal to teach slaves to read. Illustration by Alfred R. Waud, Harper's Weekly, December 15, 1866
Picture No
14028239
Media ID
47825920
Size
3900px x 2536px
(3.9MB)
Credit
Library of Congress / Science Source / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Library of Congress
Date
1866
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