02328cam a2200337 i 4500 1172357462 TxAuBib 20240321120000.0 210930s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021048314 9780875658131 paperback 087565813X paperback TxAuBib rda Burlingame, Flora Beach,. Ophelia and the freedmen's school [Book] / Flora Beach Burlingame. Fort Worth, Texas : TCU Press, [2022] 153 pages : portrait ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Ophelia and the Freedmen's School is based on an actual school established in 1867 in Lavaca, Texas. The author's great-grandfather, John Ogilvie Stevenson, was the teacher of the Lavaca school and he left many documents, letters, and stories about his experiences there. (Those documents are now archived at the Rosenberg Research Library in Galveston, Texas.) The protagonist is one of two white war refugee girls at the Lavaca school who were real students of Mr. Stevenson. Ten-year-old Ophelia at first resents her black classmates, whom she perceives as "not like her." But through shared experiences with them-the joy of learning, a yellow fever epidemic, and fear of the KKK, which threatens the life of their beloved teacher and closure of the school-her attitude changes. This well-researched story is threaded through with the tensions that marked Reconstruction in the South. Who in the community are the malcontents? Ultimately, the real message is one of working together and embracing friendships, regardless of differences"-- Provided by publisher. 20240321. Stevenson, John Ogilvie, 1841-1912 Fiction. Schoolgirls Texas Port Lavaca Fiction. Teachers Texas Port Lavaca Fiction. African Americans Education Fiction. Freedmen Education Fiction. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Fiction. Burlingame, Flora Beach., Fort Worth : TCU Press, 2022. RV8