Misses Cooke's School Room, Freedmen's Bureau, Richmond, Va.

15_0959_004 Misses Cooke 1866.JPG

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Title

Misses Cooke's School Room, Freedmen's Bureau, Richmond, Va.

Subject

African Americans, education

Description

This was one of many schools that opened in Richmond after the Civil War. Men and women arrived under the auspices of northern missionary and beneficial societies to help educate the freedpeople, who had been denied education under slavery. The Freedmen's Bureau helped provide the infrastructure to maintain and administer schools in Virginia.

Creator

James E. Taylor

Source

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, November 17, 1866, p. 132

Publisher

Frank Leslie

Date

1866

Contributor

Library of Virginia

Rights

CC BY-SA

Format

JPG

Type

Engraving

Identifier

15_0959_004

Coverage

Richmond, Virginia