A Note on Mary S. Peake from "RootsWeb"

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From: "Douglas/Ungaro"
Subject: Virginia 1861-- Miss Mary PEAKE and Hampton Institute
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 09:51:35 +0200


Hampton Institute was founded for American Indians
as well as Blacks. Can other listers share that history?

Where did the name "Fortress Monroe" come from?
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September 17,1861, in Fortress Monroe, Virginia

"The first day-school for ex-slaves is opened in Fortress Monroe,
Virginia under the tutelage of an African American schoolteacher,
MARY S. PEAKE.

The school will later become Hampton Institute (now University) in
1868."
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from "Today in Black History" - Munirah Chronicle
Edited by Brother Mosi Hoj
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