The New Emancipation: A Service for the Fortieth Anniversary of the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education Society
Cincinnati, Ohio: Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education Society, [1905]. A pamphlet issued by the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education Society to commemorate their 40th anniversary. Included are a hymn and responsive reading; a statement to be read by the pastor; A Fortieth Anniversary Catechism consisting of a three-part call-and-response by the congregation around the organization's field, task, and needs; a centerfold spread consisting of five black & white photographs of FASES schools, a U.S. map of the 16 Southern states showing locations of institutions, membership and church property of the Methodist Episcopal Church and illiteracy of blacks and whites, as well as two tables and a list of significant facts and figures; and the notes and lyrics to "Flag of the Free and "Battle Hymn of the Republic" to the rear wrapper.
The Freedmen's Aid Society was founded in Cincinnati in 1866 by the Methodist Episcopal Church to establish schools for African Americans. It was reorganized in 1920 as the Board of Education for Negroes and was later absorbed into the church's general Board of Education.
Stapled, photo-illustrated wrappers (9 ¾” x 6 ½”), 8 pp., illus. A near fine copy. Only six copies located in OCLC. Item #14964
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