Article: An Integrated Free School in Civil War Florida
Subject
Esther Hill Hawks
Title
Article: An Integrated Free School in Civil War Florida
Date
1982
Type
Article
Description
Note: See p. 166-161.
The 1892 article, by Gerald Schwartz, discusses the attempts made by Esther Hill Hawks - a White missionary teacher, physician, abolitionist, and women's rights advocate from New Hampshire - to operate the first racially integrated free school in federally occupied Jacksonville, Florida in 1864.
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The 1892 article, by Gerald Schwartz, discusses the attempts made by Esther Hill Hawks - a White missionary teacher, physician, abolitionist, and women's rights advocate from New Hampshire - to operate the first racially integrated free school in federally occupied Jacksonville, Florida in 1864.
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University of Central Florida Digital Library
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“Article: An Integrated Free School in Civil War Florida,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 13, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/758.