Free Blacks in Antebellum America

The color of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers.
- Benjamin Banneker

EducATION

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Students of all ages were in the same class some students were sometimes older than the teachers.  The students weren't grouped by age,but instead  were grouped by what book they were using.In the North there were no laws restricting blacks from educating themselves. schooling for Free blacks children was poor;  public schools for black children were weaker in studies,had fewer supplies and were over crowded. Schools were highly segregated giving white children in public schools and class room environments. In the upper and lower south there were less public schools available for free black children. the first black