She Taught Enslaved People At This Secret Midnight School
Black History Year
PushBlack
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🗓️ 7 November 2024
⏱️ 3 minutes
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It was just after midnight. Heart pounding, she looked over her shoulder and slipped into the school. If her enslavers found out, they might kill her! She was risking everything – but her task was so important, it was worth the risk.
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| 0:25.8 | It was just after midnight. |
| 0:28.7 | Heart pounding, she looked over her shoulder and slipped into the school. |
| 0:33.4 | If her enslavers found out, they might kill her. |
| 0:37.6 | She was risking everything, but her task was so important, it was worth the risk. |
| 0:45.9 | This is two-minute black history. |
| 0:49.0 | What you didn't learn in school. |
| 0:59.3 | Okay. in school. Lily Ann Granderson was born enslaved, but she never let the chains keep her bound. |
| 1:06.4 | When she was sold downriver to Natchez, Mississippi, she spent some time in the cotton fields, |
| 1:12.4 | but Granderson wanted more for herself and her people. |
| 1:16.2 | She realized what she had to do. |
| 1:18.7 | She wanted to teach. |
| 1:20.5 | Granderson could read and write, which was rare at the time, as she wanted to help other |
| 1:25.5 | black folks learn too. |
| 1:27.4 | So she opened a secret midnight school. |
| 1:31.3 | But fear loomed over. |
| 1:33.1 | If she was discovered, her life was over. |
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