The Girls Boarding School in Salem, North Carolina: A Report by Abraham Steiner for the 1818 Synod in Herrnhut, Germany
In his report to the 1818 Synod of the Moravian Church in Herrnhut, Germany, Abraham Steiner gives a detailed account of the Female Boarding School in Salem, North Carolina. Steiner, who was inspector of the school, provides his readers with an outline of what female education looked like in the ear...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Penn State Univ. Press
[2019]
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Journal of Moravian history
Year: 2019, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 45-85 |
| RelBib Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBQ North America KDD Protestant Church RF Christian education; catechetics ZF Education |
| Further subjects: | B
education in North Carolina
B Moravian Studies B early American education B female education B Moravian education |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | In his report to the 1818 Synod of the Moravian Church in Herrnhut, Germany, Abraham Steiner gives a detailed account of the Female Boarding School in Salem, North Carolina. Steiner, who was inspector of the school, provides his readers with an outline of what female education looked like in the early republic. In addition to the descriptions of curriculum and extracurricular activities, the letter also reveals important economic peculiarities and cultural attitudes, including slave labor. The letter is printed here in the original German with an English translation. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-6310 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Moravian history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5325/jmorahist.19.1.0045 |