A Contested Terrain Matthew Mount and even snacks that are

and even snacks that are a snap to make

This ritual program has therefore become known to scholars as the “babilili-ritual

and how they are linked to the healthy flow of Qi and blood

as the major contemporary change in the role of the state

and interviews and written surveys with 150 former clerks

A Contested Terrain Matthew Mount and even snacks that areA testament to the resilience and determination of Black North Carolinians to achieve educational equality This book examines the educational experiences of Black North Carolinians during the American Civil War and Reconstruction period, 1861 1877. By highlighting the collaborative efforts that led to the growing network of schools for the formerly enslaved people, it argues that schooling the Freedpeople was a contested terrain, fraught with