activist. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, to an enslaved mother, she faced early hardships but was encoura... =
Born in 1858 in Raleigh, North Carolina, to an enslaved mother, Cooper's early years were marked by the h... family. Cooper's childhood experiences as both an enslaved and free child motivated her intellectual philoso
e boys were sent abroad, and low-income, liberta, enslaved, and indigenous children had no formal access to ... ial society was organized to keep white, liberta, enslaved, and indigenous girls apart, she housed students ... oppression. Her classroom brought white, liberta, enslaved-adjacent, and indigenous girls into shared study
ve society; he condoned slavery, owned the famous enslaved secretary Tiro (credited with inventing a system ... erature, and rhetoric.
**3. Social exclusions:** enslaved people, most women, and the non-elite free popula
ican motherhood" rather than civic participation; enslaved children were excluded entirely; and in Notes on ... aration.
**2. Race:** Jefferson's plans excluded enslaved children and offered only vocational and moral tr
