Era of progress and promise, 1863-1910 : the religious, moral, and educational development of the American Negro since his emancipation

1910

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REV. W. H. FRANKLIN, A.M.
Swift Memorial.College,
Rogersville, Tenn.
SWIFT Memorial Coli e g e is
named in memory of Rev. E. E.
Swift, D.D., who was for many
years the pastor of the First Prebyterian
Church, Allegheny, Pa., and
the esteemed president of the Freedmen's
Board at his death.
The property is valued at $36,400.
The annual expense are about
$12,000, secured from donations and
endowment. It is under the ('are of
the Freedmen's Board of Mis ions
of the Presbyterian Chun.:h. There
were 9 teachers and a matron amI 280
pupils in 1908.
In Ea t Tenne ee, at the close of
the Civil War the Pre bv.' terian Church
of the United States threw open the
doors of Marvville ColleO'e for the • 0
higher education of freedmen.
Another dlool wa opened at
Rogersville, Tenn., in 1883.
MAIN BUILDING, SWIFT MEMORIAL COLLEGE, ROGERSVILLE, TENN.
BOYS' DORMITORY, SWIFT MEMORIAL COLLEGE, ROGERSVILLE, TENN.
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Title	Era of progress and promise, 1863-1910 : the religious, moral, and educational development of the American Negro since his emancipation
Creator	Hartshorn, W. N. (William Newton), 1843-1920.
Contributor	Penniman, George W.
Date	1910
Subjects	African Americans African Americans--Education (Higher)--North Carolina African American universities and colleges--North Carolina Minorities--North Carolina
Place	North Carolina
Time Period	(1860-1876) Civil War and Reconstruction (1876-1900) Gilded Age (1900-1929) North Carolina's industrial revolution and World War One
Description	Highlights the many North Carolina schools for African Americans that sprang up in the decades following the Civil War. Also included are statistical portraits furnished by the church organizations that sponsored the majority of the schools, as well as short biographies of more than 60 African Americans, some of them with North Carolina ties, who were affiliated either with a church or with the Negro Business League. Additionally includes a biographical sketch of Abraham Lincoln and the texts of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address.
Publisher	Priscilla Pub. Co.
Rights	Public Domain see http://digital.ncdcr.gov/u?/p249901coll22,63753
Physical Characteristics	viii, 576 p. : ills. (incl. ports.) ; 28 x 30 cm.; Electronic reproduction.
Collection	General Collection. State Library of North Carolina
Type	Text Image
Language	English
Format	Books Directories
Digital Characteristics-A	198 MB; 444 p.
Digital Collection	Era of Progress and Promise General Collection
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