Record #:

19738

Author(s):

Lyon, Ralph M.

Abstract:

This article looks at the development and typical characteristics of the antebellum southern educational institution known as the academy via a focus on the Willington Academy in Abbeville District, SC, regarded as the most characteristic institution of the type. It includes biographical information on headmaster and North Carolina native Moses Waddell.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 8 Issue 3, July 1931, p284-299, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Education