Who served as teachers in the roughly 4,000 new schools that opened across the South following the Civil War?

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Following the Civil War, the effort to educate African Americans in the South saw schools staffed by a diverse group of teachers, including both black and white individuals, and both men and women. This was part of a broader movement to provide education to newly freed slaves and their children.

Who Served as Teachers in the Roughly 4,000 New Schools