The Butler School-House

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Title

The Butler School-House

Subject

African Americans, education

Description

Mary Peake began teaching contraband at Fort Monroe in the autumn of 1861. Two years later, General Benjamin F. Butler had this school constructed and it remained under military control until 1865, when the American Missionary Association began supplying teachers. It was later turned over to the trustees of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, who in 1871 allowed the nascent public school system of Elizabeth City County to manage it.

Source

Mary Frances Morgan Armstrong and Helen W. Ludlow, Hampton and Its Students. By Two of its Teachers (1874), p. 66

Publisher

New York: Putnam

Date

ca. 1874

Contributor

Library of Virginia

Rights

CC BY-SA

Format

JPG

Type

Engraving

Identifier

14_1248_014

Coverage

Hampton, Virginia

Citation

“The Butler School-House,” Remaking Virginia: Transformation Through Emancipation, accessed December 21, 2024, https://virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/617.