“On the importance of education…it is as necessary as the light—it should be as common as water, and as free as air… ”: Perpetuating Racial Discrimination through Education in Nineteenth Century Windsor and Sandwich

Authors

Jessica Knapp, University of WindsorFollow

Keywords

Racial Discrimination in Education, 19th Century, Windsor, Sandwich

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2013 Botsford Memorial Scholar Award Winner. Jessica Knapp is from Maidstone, Ontario. She completed her undergraduate degree in History and English Language and Literature in April 2013. Jessica discovered an appreciation for challenging social construction in a wide range of topics, but she also became absorbed with the local history of Windsor. Starting in September 2013 Jessica will be attending the University of Western Ontario

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8

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36

Recommended Citation

Knapp, Jessica (2013) "“On the importance of education…it is as necessary as the light—it should be as common as water, and as free as air… ”: Perpetuating Racial Discrimination through Education in Nineteenth Century Windsor and Sandwich," The Great Lakes Journal of Undergraduate History: Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 2.
Available at: https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/gljuh/vol1/iss1/2