The beginnings of public education in North Carolina
Subtitle: a documentary history, 1790-1840
By: by Charles L. Coon
Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Series: Publications of the North Carolina Historical Commission
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Education; History; Public schools; Schools; Universities and colleges; Education and state; Educational law and legislation
Other titles: Public education in North Carolina, a documentary history, 1790-1840.; The North Carolina experience, beginnings to 1940.
Description: Designed to trace the public record of the earliest writing and legislation concerning North Carolina's movements toward establishing a system of government-supported public education. Coon extracts significant portions of primary documents such as state newspapers, house and senate journals, and legislation records to provide a comprehensive picture of North Carolina's earliest attempts and failures at organizing a public education system.
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This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection The North Carolina experience, beginnings to 1940.

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Transcribed from: The beginnings of public education in North Carolina : a documentary history, 1790-1840 / by Charles L. Coon. Raleigh : Edwards & Broughton Printing Company, 1908. 2 v. ; 24 cm. Publications of the North Carolina Historical Commission. Paged continuously. Spine title: Public education in North Carolina, a documentary history, 1790-1840.

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