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In the 1820s, few Americans could imagine a viable future for black children. Even abolitionists saw just two options for African American youth: permanent subjection or exile. Educated for Freedom tells the story of James McCune Smith and Henry Highland Garnet, two black children who came of age and into freedom as their country struggled to grow from a slave nation into a free country.

After graduating from Atlanta University, Lucy Craft Laney (1854-1933) began a lifelong career as an educator and the founder of numerous institutions for the upliftment of freedmen and their children. In 1883 she founded the first school for black children in Augusta, Georgia. She was principal of the Haines Institute for Industrial and Normal Education for 50 years.

This is "Re-Educated"- A podcast about discovering some of the lesser-known people and events in American History; Lessons that slipped through the cracks or were given a Lil spin or fresh coat of whitewash to make them more palatable to the general public. Your host, Steve Forbes, uncovers these misplaced or mistaught truths and presents them with humor and honesty. The school bell's ringing... it's time to get Re-Educated. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/steve-forbes13/support