Limerick lecturer publishes book examining American Civil War

A LIMERICK lecturer has published a new book examining the fight for Black education in North Carolina during and after the American Civil War.

A Contested Terrain: Freedpeople’s Education in North Carolina During the Civil War and Reconstruction is published by Dr AnneMarie Brosnan, lecturer in History of Education at Mary Immaculate College.

It sheds light on the vital role that Black communities, formerly enslaved individuals and their allies played in establishing schools and advancing education in the aftermath of slavery.

Drawing on extensive archival research, Dr Brosnan reveals how ‘freedpeople’—supported by Northern aid groups and the Freedmen’s Bureau—worked to create schools across the state.

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