Pit school
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A pit school was a covert school for African American
children from the time when they were prevented from receiving an education due to repression and lack of freedom of assembly
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These schools were held at night. A pit would be dug and covered over.
A pit school is referred to in the book Nightjohn
by Gary Paulsen
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African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
children from the time when they were prevented from receiving an education due to repression and lack of freedom of assembly
Freedom of assembly
Freedom of assembly, sometimes used interchangeably with the freedom of association, is the individual right to come together and collectively express, promote, pursue and defend common interests...
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These schools were held at night. A pit would be dug and covered over.
A pit school is referred to in the book Nightjohn
Nightjohn
Nightjohn is a young adult novel by Gary Paulsen, first published in 1993. It is about slavery in the American South shortly before the time of the American Civil War. It was later made into a movie of the same name.-Plot summary:...
by Gary Paulsen
Gary Paulsen
Gary James Paulsen is an American writer who writes many young adult coming of age stories about the wilderness. He is the author of more than 200 books , 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for young adults and teens.-Biography:Gary Paulsen was born in...
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