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Chimborazo School Register, 1868–69
Call number: Mss4 C442 a

The Freedmen's Bureau required teachers to answer a variety of questions on the monthly forms; most missionary groups additionally required narrative reports from teachers on their activities.
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School Register, Freedmen's School, City Point, Virginia, 1868
Call number: Mss4 F8757 b

City Point is now known as Hopewell, located on the south side of the James River near Petersburg.
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Illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1883
Call number: AP2 .F82 (o.s.)

White teachers—mostly women—dominated Virginia freedmen's schools during Reconstruction, but African Americans eventually won the opportunity to teach in black schools.
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St. Philip's Church, Richmond, 1867, in use as a freedmen's school

Churches often doubled as schoolhouses during Reconstruction. St. Philip's Church was established in 1863 and exists today in north Richmond.
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