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- A History of Southland College: The Society of Friends and Black Education in Arkansas
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: University of Arkansas Press
summary
In 1864 Alida and Calvin Clark, two abolitionist members of the Religious Society of Friends from Indiana, went on a mission trip to Helena, Arkansas. The Clarks had come to render temporary relief to displaced war orphans but instead found a lifelong calling. During their time in Arkansas, they started the school that became Southland College, which was the first institution of higher education for blacks west of the Mississippi, and they set up the first predominately black monthly meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in North America. Their progressive racial vision was continued by a succession of midwestern Quakers willing to endure the primitive conditions and social isolation of their work and to overcome the persistent challenges of economic adversity, social strife, and natural disaster. Southland’s survival through six difficult and sometimes dangerous decades reflects both the continuing missionary zeal of the Clarks and their successors as well as the dedication of the black Arkansans who sought dignity and hope at a time when these were rare commodities for African Americans in Arkansas.
Table of Contents
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- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- pp. vii-xii
- 2. Friends and Freedmen
- pp. 19-32
- 3. The Curse of Slavery and War
- pp. 33-50
- 4. The Bible and the Spelling Book
- pp. 51-74
- 5. Trials and Triumphs
- pp. 75-96
- 6. The End of the First Generation
- pp. 97-110
- 7. From Miz’ Clark to Jim Crow
- pp. 111-128
- 8. A Troubled Decade
- pp. 129-150
- 9. The Wolford Era
- pp. 151-176
- 10. New Beginnings and Unhappy Endings
- pp. 177-198
- 11. An Avenue of Great Service
- pp. 199-218
- 12. The Guard Changes
- pp. 219-238
- 13. Last Days
- pp. 239-264
- APPENDIX A
- p. 269
- APPENDIX B
- p. 270
- APPENDIX C
- pp. 271-272
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- pp. 327-340
Additional Information
ISBN
9781610750011
Related ISBN(s)
9781557289162
MARC Record
OCLC
769187836
Pages
424
Launched on MUSE
2012-02-08
Language
English
Open Access
No