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A comprehensive history of education in Louisiana from the colonial period to the early 20th century. The book covers the establishment of schools, the role of religion in education, the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction, the growth of state-sponsored education, and the challenges faced by educators and students in the Jim Crow era. It also includes biographical sketches of notable educators and officials. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from The History of Education in Louisiana The English had also set their eyes on the Mississippi, and later in the same year, Bienville, the other brother of d'iberville, met an English captain. Barr. In the river with his fleet. He told Barr that the river he was in was not the Missiw'ppi, and succeeded in dis patching him farther to the west. The bend of the river from which Barr turned back is known to this dav as the English Turn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.