George Johnson's Narrative Part 1
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- George Johnson's NarrativePart 1: His Father and Confederate President Jefferson Davis
- Isaiah would often take a piece of Grandpa Johnson's chalk and write on the sidewalk
- Isaiah Johnson (George Johnson's Father)
- Confederate President Jefferson Davis
- Meliza, if you can find out who ever wrote on that walk out there, I will buy you a dress
- I am the son of a blacksmith
- Yes, Master Jeff
- Here he is Master Jeff!
- Master Jeff, I learned how to write in Richmond, Virginia. A white woman learned me how to write. Before you brought me down here
- You did? Write my name Ike!
- Jefferson Davis
- Vicksburg
- Good, now write "Joe Davis"
- Write "Vicksburg"
- Ah ha, Ike, that's pretty nice for you. How would you like to learn with my son and two teachers?
- Jefferson Davis' school educated all his slaves. The school made Isaiah a civil engineer and Isaiah Montgomery his bookkeeper. There were also farmers, carpenters, sawmills, gins and other paths available in the vocational school. All slaves on the 5 plantations that Davis owned could get a formal education. When they got free, they could take care of themselves.
- School
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