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Midnight Teacher Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School

By: Halfmann, Janet
Contributor(s): Illustrated by Ladd, London
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lee & Low Books Inc 2018ISBN: 9781620141632Subject(s): Slavery | Mid 1800's historySummary: In Mississippi in the mid 1800's it was illegal for enslaved people to learn to read and write. This did not stop Lilly Ann Granderson from starting a midnight school in a small cabin hidden in a back alley. Over the years she taught hundreds of enslaved people to read and write. This is her story
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In Mississippi in the mid 1800's it was illegal for enslaved people to learn to read and write. This did not stop Lilly Ann Granderson from starting a midnight school in a small cabin hidden in a back alley. Over the years she taught hundreds of enslaved people to read and write. This is her story

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