Education for the formerly enslaved: History hidden in plain sight
After the Civil War, efforts to educate the formerly enslaved were wide ranging. Remnants of that move toward equality are still evident today.
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Established in Trenton (Edgefield County) in 1881 by the Reverend Alexander Bettis, this school provided former enslaved African Americans and their children with a basic education of reading and writing as well as skills and trades. A former slave who could neither write nor read, Bettis organized the Mt. Canaan Missionary and Educational Union to raise the $300 used in purchasing the land for the boarding school. While there was an emphasis on teacher education, the school’s primary focus was on industrial training.
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