Mary S. Peake: The Colored Teacher at Fortress Monroe

Mary S. Peake: The Colored Teacher at Fortress Monroe

By Lewis C. Lockwood
Michael Caine
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Length59m

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Mary S. Peake: The Colored Teacher at Fortress Monroe by Lewis C. Lockwood is the biography of an American teacher, humanitarian, and a member of the black elite in Hampton best known for starting a school for the children of former slaves starting in the fall of 1861 under what became known as the Emancipation Oak tree in present-day Hampton, Virginia near Fort Monroe. The first teacher hired by the American Missionary Association, she was also associated with its later founding of Hampton University in 1868.

Audiobook details

GenreBiography and Memoir
Length59 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 1, 2023
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1MARY S. PEAKE.
7Interesting Facts.
2CHAPTER I.
8Schools for the Children.
3CHAPTER II.
9Morals of the Freedmen.
4CHAPTER III.
10Marriage.
5CHAPTER IV.
11Native Eloquence.
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6MISSION TO THE FREEDMEN.
12Church Meeting.

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