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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

LIST OF IMPORTANT DATES ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Subject Motives Organization of the Thesis Sources of Information Problems of the Research

OENOMINATIONAL EDUCATION OF NORTH CAROLINA FREEDMEN

Reasons for the Southern Work of the Methodist Episc0pal Church

The Methodist Episcopal Church in North Carolina

The Freedmen's Aid Society and Its Work in North Carolina

Educational Work of Other Denominations Among North Carolina Freedmen

II BENNETT SEMINARY Background The Principalship of W. J. Parkinson The Principalship of Edward O. Thayer

The Principalship of Wilbur Fletcher Steele

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