EDUCATIONAL LAWS OF VIRGINIA.
Reading edition
THE PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF Mrs. Margaret Douglass, A SOUTHERN WOMAN, WHO WAS IMPRISONED FOR ONE MONTH IN THE COMMON JAIL OF NORFOLK, UNDER THE LAWS OF VIRGINIA, FOR THE CRIME OF TEACHING FREE COLORED CHILDREN TO READ.
“Search the Scriptures!” “How can one read unless he be taught?” Holy Bible.
BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY JOHN P. JEWETT & CO. CLEVELAND, OHIO: JEWETT, PROCTOR & WORTHINGTON.
1854.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by MARGARET DOUGLASS, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.