02379cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000420011324500330015526400510018830000470023933600260028633700260031233800360033850000310037450801560040552013160056153400690187765300470194665300410199385600430203470331UtSlPG20260610134627.0mcr n260607r20231854utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aLC1 aDouglass, Margaret Crittenden,d1822-10aEducational laws of Virginia 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2023  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2023-03-21  aThe Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  a"Educational Laws of Virginia: The Personal Narrative of Mrs. Margaret Douglass" is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The narrative centers on Margaret Douglass, a Southern woman who faced imprisonment for teaching free colored children to read, highlighting the tensions surrounding education and race in antebellum Virginia. Douglass vehemently contends against the laws that prohibited such instruction, positioning her story within the broader context of Southern societal norms and legal constraints.  The opening of the narrative introduces Mrs. Douglass's background and the critical incident leading to her arrest, detailing her well-intentioned efforts to teach free black children in Norfolk. She illustrates her motivations, emphasizing her humanitarian outlook rather than any political agenda or affiliation with abolitionist movements. Douglass describes how her decision to educate these children led to her becoming a target for the authorities, culminating in a raid on her school and her subsequent trial. Throughout this initial segment, she establishes her identity and lays the groundwork for a robust critique of the laws that uphold educational restrictions, framing her ensuing legal battles as a fight for moral justice. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cUnited States: John P. Jewett & Co., 1854  aAfrican Americans -- Education -- Virginia  aDouglass, Margaret Crittenden, 1822-40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70331