Admissions and Course of Study, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
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Title
Admissions and Course of Study, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
Subject
African Americans, education
Description
Founded in 1868, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute educated and trained hundreds of African Americans to be teachers. Although African Americans had been denied the opportunity for education during slavery, Hampton required its students (ages 14-25) to be able to read, write, and know arithmetic through long division to qualify for admission. During their three-year course of study, students took classes in grammar, rhetoric, composition, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, bookkeeping, geography, United States history and government, and the natural sciences, as well as agriculture and household industries.
Source
Catalogue of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, VA., for the Academic Year 1870-71 (1871), 12-14.
Publisher
Boston: T.R. Marvin & Son
Date
1870-1871
Contributor
Library of Virginia
Rights
CC BY-SA
Format
JPG
Type
Books
Identifier
15_1075_019, 15_1075_020, 15_1075_021
Coverage
Hampton, Virginia
Citation
“Admissions and Course of Study, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute,” Remaking Virginia: Transformation Through Emancipation, accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/579.